Fighting between security forces and gunmen who launched an assault on Chad’s presidential palace on January 8, 2025, left 19 people dead, including 18 of the attackers, the government said.

State media in Chad say an attack on the presidential palace left 18 assailants dead and six in custody, with one soldier killed and three wounded.

Chadian troops were heavily deployed around the capital, N’Djamena, Thursday as officials said they were investigating a failed attack on the country’s presidential palace.

France is set to withdraw its military forces from Chad, following a recent attack on the presidential palace. Nonetheless, President Idriss Deby maintains that Chad is stable. Is that the case?

FILE - Chadian President Mahamat Deby Itno participates in his inauguration ceremony in N'djamena, Chad, May 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Mouta Ali, File) (Mouta Ali ...

Armed men tried to storm Chad's presidential palace when President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno was inside but 18 attackers and two soldiers were killed in the failed attack, the national prosecutor said ...

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China could be driven to bolster its support for stability in West Africa and the Sahel after the deadly attack in Chad, ...

N’Djamena, Chad – Chad’s capital city is still ... more than a dozen armed fighters who brazenly stormed the presidential palace. At least 19 people were killed. Businesses and schools ...

Multiple gunshots were heard near the presidential palace in Chad’s capital Wednesday evening, residents said, while the ...

An attack on Chad’s presidential palace left 18 assailants dead and six in custody, with one soldier killed and three wounded, state media reported Thursday. The attack on Wednesday night ...