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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
It has a major military base in N’Djamena and smaller garrisons in the north and east.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2024
The flights arrived in the capital N'Djamena late on Thursday.
From Reuters ● Apr. 28, 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
"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
He was the one who summoned all 135 members to his capital, Ndjamena, last week, forcing them to get rid of the rebel leader, Michel Djotodia.
From New York Times ● Jan. 18, 2014
Khartoum is now on better terms with Ndjamena and Tripoli.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2013
Malloum was reportedly holed up in a bunker at Ndjamena airport, where French troops were standing guard.
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