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Chad Commits to an Acceleration of the Action Plan to End the Recruitment and Use of Child Soldiers

At the 38th formal meeting of the Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict on Monday, Leila Zerrougui, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict briefed on her visit to Chad where she was able to reconfirm the commitment and determination of the Chadian authorities to fully implement the Action Plan to end the recruitment and use of children in the country’s national army.

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Emergency Response Grows in Chad

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Voice of America

Emergency water supplies are being rushed to southeastern Chad where about 50-thousand people have fled fighting in Sudan’s Darfur region. Several Arab tribes have been battling for control of mining operations there.

Listen to De Capua report on Darfur displaced

The refugees and migrants have been gathering around the village of Tissi since January. Felix Leger is the country director for the International Rescue Committee.

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Le HCR prépositionne des biens de secours pour les réfugiés du Darfour à Tissi avant la saison des pluies dans l'est du Tchad

Points de presse, 17 mai 2013

Ceci est un résumé des déclarations du porte-parole du HCR Dan McNorton – à qui toute citation peut être attribuée – lors de la conférence de presse du 17 mai 2013 au Palais des Nations à Genève.

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Reduced WFP rations for Sudanese refugees in eastern Chad

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Radio Dabanga

The Sudanese refugees of camp Gaga in eastern Chad are suffering from a reduction in food rations, poor medical services and a lack of medicine.

Yassin Abdel Karim, the deputy president of the camp told Radio Dabanga that the World Food Programme (WFP) has reduced sugar, salt and oil supplies by 50 percent. The WFP has also withdrawn millet mixture from the food ration since the beginning of this year, without providing any explanation.

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Tchad : le HCR prépositionne de l'aide pour les réfugiés du Darfour

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UN Radio

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Le Haut Commissariat des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés a prépositionné de l'aide humanitaire pour venir en aide aux milliers de réfugiés soudanais du Tchad. Le HCR veut parer à toutes les éventualités avant l'arrivée de la saison des pluies qui rendrait plus difficile l'accès à cause des inondations. Plus de 30.000 personnes fuient vers le Tchad pour échapper aux affrontements tribaux au nord-ouest du Darfour.

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UNHCR prepositioning aid for Darfur refugees in Tissi ahead of rains in eastern Chad

The UN refugee agency is prepositioning aid for tens of thousands of Darfur refugees in eastern Chad amid fears heavy rains will cut off access.

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Tchad : Revue de Presse Humanitaire du 10 au 16 mai 2013

Au menu:

· Tchad : ouverture d'un sommet sur le développement durable, la pauvreté et le climat (AFP, 11/05/13)

· Le Tchadien Djimet Adoum nommé secrétaire exécutif du CILSS (AFP, 13/05/13)

· Canada provides emergency assistance for refugees and displaced in eastern Chad (CIDA, 13/05/13)

· Nigeria declares 'massive' military campaign on borders (BBC, 15/05/13)

· Greening: We must break the cycle of food shortages in Western Africa (DFID, 15/05/13)

· UN envoy says CAR in 'state of anarchy' (Al Jazeera, 16/05/13)

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:

To learn more about OCHA's activities, please visit http://unocha.org/.

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Tchad : une nouvelle vague d'arrestations et de harcèlement vise l'opposition

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Amnesty

Des dizaines de parlementaires, de journalistes, de responsables de l’armée et de civils arrêtés depuis le début du mois de mai par les autorités tchadiennes doivent être libérés immédiatement ou inculpés d’infractions reconnues par la loi, a déclaré Amnesty International jeudi 9 mai 2013.

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Tchad Bulletin humanitaire - avril 2013

Selon une évaluation nationale de la sécurité alimentaire des ménages ruraux, environ 13% des ménages au Tchad sont en insécurité alimentaire sévère.

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:

To learn more about OCHA's activities, please visit http://unocha.org/.

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Canada provides emergency assistance for refugees and displaced in eastern Chad

Ottawa, Ontario — Emergency relief items will be provided to approximately 6,000 vulnerable people who have fled the conflict in the Darfur region of Sudan and been displaced in eastern Chad, announced the Honourable Julian Fantino, Minister of International Cooperation.

"Canada is a compassionate neighbour and is reacting quickly to help alleviate the suffering of those affected by the conflict," said Minister Fantino. "Through Canada's humanitarian assistance, we are ensuring that the most critical needs of those displaced are being met."

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Address risk of child soldiers before participating in Mali’s UN peacekeeping operation

The international community should increase pressure on Chad to end child recruitment before it is allowed to contribute to the UN peacekeeping force in Mali, urges Child Soldiers International.

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Tchad : Une tentative présumée de coup d'État ne doit pas servir d'excuse pour négliger les droits humains

Le gouvernement devrait assurer aux accusés une procédure régulière et garantir la transparence des enquêtes

(Nairobi, le 9 mai 2013) – Le gouvernement du Tchad devrait honorer ses obligations légales et respecter les normes internationales en matière de droits humains alors qu'il enquête sur un complot présumé visant à le renverser, a déclaré Human Rights Watch aujourd'hui.

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Vague de répression sur fond de tensions militaires

La Fédération internationale des ligues des droits de l’Homme (FIDH) et ses organisations membres au Tchad, la Ligue tchadienne des droits de l’Homme (LTDH) et l’Association tchadienne pour la promotion et la défense des droits de l’Homme (APTDH) s’inquiètent de la vague d’arrestation, d’intimidation et de harcèlement qui visent l’opposition politique, les journalistes et la société civile tchadienne après l’échec de ce que les autorités ont présenté comme une tentative de coup d’État.

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New wave of arrests and harassment of Chad’s opposition

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Amnesty

Scores of parliamentarians, journalists, army officers and civilians arrested since the beginning of the month by the Chadian authorities must either be charged with recognizable crimes or immediately released, Amnesty International said today.

Since an alleged coup attempt on 1 May in which eight people were reportedly killed in unclear circumstances, activists and journalists have been targeted in a wave of arrests, detentions, harassment and intimidation across the capital N’Djamena.

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Alleged Coup Attempt No Excuse to Ignore Rights

Assure Due Process for the Accused, Transparency in Investigation

(Nairobi, May 10, 2013) – The government of Chad should adhere to its international legal obligations and respect human rights law while it investigates an alleged plot against the government, Human Rights Watch said today.

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Tchad : Revue de Presse Humanitaire du 3 au 9 mai 2013

Au menu:

· The worst place to give birth (IRIN, 09/05/13)

· Displaced still homeless after clashes in Baga, Nigeria (IRIN, 07/05/13)

· Renewed tribal clashes in South Darfur leave 36 dead (Radio Dabanga, 06/05/13)

· Le Maroc dépêche une aide humanitaire au Tchad (Maroc, 03/05/13)

· Journée internationale de la Croix Rouge et du Croissant Rouge : 200 volontaires de la CRT donnent leur sang (Le Progrés, 03/05/13)

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:

To learn more about OCHA's activities, please visit http://unocha.org/.

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Plan de mise en œuvre humanitaire (HIP) Tchad (ECHO/TCD/BUD/2013/91000) Dernière mise à jour : 06/05/2013, Version 2

0.CHANGEMENT MAJEUR DEP UIS LA VERSION PRÉCÉDENTE DU HIP

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Humanitarian Implementation Plan (HIP) Chad (ECHO/TCD/BUD/2013/91000) Last update: 06/05/2013, Version 2

Field observations indicate that many people who have been affected by the food crisis in 2011/2012 will require assistance in 2013. Access to adequate and balanced diet remains illusory.

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Monthly Humanitarian Situation Report - UNICEF Chad April 2013

Highlights

  • Following ethnic violence in Darfur, Sudan, more than 27,000 refugees and 25,000 returnees fled to Chad in the border town of Tissi.

  • 6,500 refugees from CAR registered in Southern Chad.

  • 9,659 new SAM admissions on March 2013; 25,593 total admissions for the first quarter of 2013.

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Chad Food Security Outlook April through September 2013

Cereal prices remain generally stable with small increases in localized areas

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