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

Residents in the capital of the African nation of Chad say multiple gunshots have been heard near the presidential palace.

Two dozen armed men tried to storm into Chad's presidential palace but 18 of the attackers and two soldiers were killed in ...

Chadian troops were heavily deployed around the capital, N’Djamena, Thursday as officials said they were investigating a ...

Armed men tried to storm Chad's presidential palace when President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno was inside but 18 attackers and ...

Several Boko Haram fighters who invaded Chad's presidential palace in N'Djamena on Wednesday have been neutralised by the ...

Chad’s government has said it thwarted a “destabilisation attempt” on the presidential complex on Wednesday evening, which killed 19 people just hours after a visit by the Chinese foreign minister to ...

Wednesday, authorities said. President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno was inside the palace at the time of the attack.

Calm had returned to the Chadian capital N’Djamena, a spokesman for the military-ruled government said Thursday after an ...

Analysts say the lack of any strong opponent in the elections has consolidated President Mahamat Idriss Deby's grip on power.