Chad Clashes Leave 42 Dead

At least 42 people were killed in fighting between ethnic groups in eastern Chad, a government official said on Sunday.

The clashes occurred Saturday in the sub-prefecture of Guereda in Wadi Fira province, according to Limane Mahamat, Deputy Prime Minister in charge of Territorial Administration and Decentralisation.

Mahamat said the dispute began over a water well.

Several ministers, senior local officials and the military’s chief of staff were dispatched to the scene on Sunday.

Chad Clashes Leave 42 Dead — Chad Map.Credit PRN.

“The situation is under control and remains so,” Mahamat said on the state broadcaster.

For several years, eastern Chad has been plagued by conflicts between farmers and nomadic Arab herders. Tensions have been exacerbated by refugees fleeing fighting in neighbouring Sudan.

According to estimates by the NGO International Crisis Group, conflicts over farm and grazing land caused more than 1,000 deaths and 2,000 injuries between 2021 and 2024.

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