chad

September 25, 2014

Proposed anti-gay law in Chad will fuel homophobia, says Amnesty

A draft bill going through parliament in Chad will fuel homophobia and be a major backwards step for human rights in the country if passed into law, says Amnesty.
July 21, 2010

Tutu heads up new appeal to put Chad dictator on trial

Desmond Tutu is fronting an appeal by hundreds of human rights activists who are urging Senegal to try exiled Chadian dictator Hissene Habre.
July 12, 2010

Exploring the future of food

I’m always complaining about food bills. My family will testify how annoyed I get when they then waste the purchased food. “Do you know that people in England and Wales throw away 3.6 million tonnes of food each year?” I ask my three teenage boys, “and that 60 per cent of it is untouched, with salad, fruit and bread being the most commonly wasted?” I fail to engender outrage. But then we’re better off than most. At the weekend the charity, ‘Contact a Family’, warned that families in UK with disabled children are going without basics such as food after being left in financial "dire straits”.
July 9, 2010

Aid agencies call for 'surge' to tackle west African hunger

Ten leading aid agencies have called for a "surge" in the humanitarian effort to help ten million people at risk of acute hunger across the Sahel region of west and central Africa.
May 12, 2009

Increased commitment needed for tackling conflict in Chad

Amnesty International is calling on all parties to the conflict in eastern Chad not to attack civilians or place them at risk, and that the full complement of United Nations peacekeepers be immediately deployed and provided with adequate resources.
February 20, 2008

CAFOD says European nations must assist Chad peace effort

With conflict rife and peace in peril, the Catholic Fund for Overseas Development (CAFOD) has called on member states of the European Union, especially France, to look re-examine their role in troubled Chad.
February 7, 2008

Pope appeals for an end to the violence in Chad

Pope Benedict XVI has made an appeal for an end to the current violence in the African nation of Chad, as apart of a series of conversations to promote reconciliation with justice in a number of war-torn countries and regions.