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The Patriotic Movement for the Central African Republic signed the accord in the Chadian capital N'Djamena on Wednesday, presidential intelligence minister Henri Wanzet Linguissara told AFP late Thursday.
From Barron's ● Nov. 21, 2025
Last month saw the opening of an official Russian cultural centre in N’Djamena.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2024
"It's really a run against the clock because the people are really very much in need," she said by video link from N'Djamena.
From Reuters ● Apr. 25, 2023
Embassy in N’Djamena posted a picture of Ambassador Alexander Laskaris kneeling on a bloodstained sidewalk, and the State Department urged “all parties to deescalate the situation and exercise restraint.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 23, 2023
A contingent of soldiers crossed into Chad earlier this week and have been disarmed said Daoud Yaya Brahim, Chad’s defense minister at a press conference in the capital, N’Djamena, on Wednesday.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 20, 2023
In Chad, the worst floods in decades displaced thousands in September and left the capital, Ndjamena, navigable only by boat.
From New York Times ● Dec. 14, 2022
By Friday morning, central Ndjamena was calm, its main intersections guarded by security forces, although there were reports of continuing clashes in some districts south of the capital, where many of the demonstrations were concentrated.
From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2022
"And the French, where are the French?" an army officer bitterly asks, referring to the French counter-terrorism force commanded from Ndjamena, the capital of Chad, only a few hundred kilometres to the north-east.
From BBC ● Nov. 18, 2014
Khartoum is now on better terms with Ndjamena and Tripoli.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2013
The capital, Fort-Lamy, was renamed Ndjamena, which means roughly "Leave us alone."
From Time Magazine Archive
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