CategoriesChadThe countdown to the Chad elections has begun. The country heads inexorably towards May 6th, the date of the presidential election in Chad. The entire country is gearing up for the launch of electoral campaigns, a period where political aspirations clash, societal projects take shape, and every voter seeks to discern the most promising voice […]
CategoriesChadThe Constitutional Council of Chad has made the definitive list of candidates for the 2024 presidential elections public. The electoral process, framed by the timetable set by the National Agency for the Management of Elections (ANGE), received candidate dossiers from the 6th to the 15th of March 2024. Of the 20 initial candidates, the Constitutional […]
CategoriesChadInformed citizens’ participation in the Chadian electoral process is essential to strengthening the democratic processes in the upcoming elections in Chad. To this end, EISA facilitated a training of trainers’ workshop on voter education, held from March 12th to 14th, 2024. This initiative facilitated the sharing of knowledge, expertise, and best practices in civic and […]
CategoriesChadThe Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa (EISA) launched a Civic and voter education Training the Trainers’ workshop. This workshop marks the beginning of a series of civic education activities EISA intends to conduct in major cities across Chad. The activity is aimed at informing citizens on pressing governance related issues within the country. […]
CategoriesChadThe referendum campaign in Chad began on the 25th of November and continued until the 15th of December 2023. Strong political rivalries between the two unequally matched camps started to play out in the first week of the campaign with posters and campaign paraphernalia. By the second week, hostilities between the camps became more apparent. […]
CategoriesChadDrawing on the symbolic connotations associated with black and white, both in terms of color and social implications, a German TV license campaign using the slogan “Ich seh’ schwarz” – “Ich weiss!” offers an apt introduction to the psychological tactics used in the choice of white and black colors in the context of the upcoming […]
CategoriesChadChad’s media landscape is very diverse with a range of well-established players. There are six private television channels in Chad, more than 60 private radio stations, of which about 20 broadcast from N’Djamena and more than 40 from the provinces. Additionally, there are 38 French-language newspapers, 13 Arabic-language newspapers and about 20 online press sites. […]
CategoriesChadDue to circumstances surrounding the death of President Idriss Deby in April 2021, his son Mahamat Deby assumed the presidency of the Transitional Military Council (CMT), contrary to the constitutional requirement that leadership be transferred to the President of the National Assembly until elections could be held. Following a period of conflict, a peace agreement […]
CategoriesChadThe 15th of February 2023 marked the official launch of the ‘Support to Chadian Citizen Actors and Elections’ (Appui aux Acteurs Citoyens Tchadiens et aux Elections – ACTE) project in N’Djamena, Chad. The project is funded through the generous support of the European Union. Ambassador Kurt Cornelis, Head of the European Union Delegation to Chad, along […]
