Our Scans · Chad · Weekly Summary

• Localized locust breeding could occur in October, in particular in northwest Mauritania, northern Mali and Niger, and northeast Chad. ReliefWeb
• DALY rates due to diabetes in 2050 vary widely, from 496-96 in Chad to 7,917-79 in Fiji, a more than 15-fold difference. PubMed Central (PMC)
• Regions facing renewed extremist threats include West Africa, the Sahel, the Lake Chad Basin, Mozambique, Sudan and Somalia. Counter Extremism Project
• Food security takes the largest share at $407 million, a sum that reflects the scale of the immediate threat: one in 10 newly arrived Sudanese refugee children in Chad is malnourished on arrival. The Borgen Project
• Chad will deploy 1,500 troops to Haiti as part of the United Nations security force to the Caribbean country to combat violence. Morning Star
• The Lake Chad Basin saw a 28-percent increase in fatalities from the previous year, demonstrating the continued threat from Boko Haram and the Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA), mostly in northeast Nigeria. Africa Center
• The Widening Scope of Africa's Militant Islamist Threat Increasingly capable and organized militant Islamist groups in the Sahel, Somalia, and the Lake Chad Basin continue to expand their reach and lethality. Africa Center
• Only six nations - Samoa, Somalia, Tonga, Niger, Chad, and Tajikistan - are projected to exceed replacement-level fertility by the century's end. earth.com
• The U.S. government has expressed concern about the risks associated with individuals from Chad traveling to the U.S. Travel And Tour World
• Negotiations with Chadian authorities continued on how and when France might withdraw other members of its 1,000-strong force in Chad, and whether all will leave. Africa Center
• The military considers the supply triangle flowing from Libya and Chad into the urban centers of Darfur a persistent threat to national security. Africa Center
• Chad Risks Greater Instability from Engagement in Sudan's Conflict The spillover from the war in Sudan has become an increasingly serious security threat for neighboring Chad. Africa Center
• Traore's cooperation with countries such as Chad and Iran in the aftermath of the coup attempt - instead of the Alliance of Sahel States and its primary external backer, Russia - could signal capacity limits among the AES and a possible effort to increase burden sharing with AES-friendly partners. Critical Threats

Last updated: 20 June 2026