Advocacy for Chad

What’s Happening?

Chad is facing a climate crisis, worsening intercommunal clashes, and violence from armed groups like Islamic State in West Africa and Boko Haram. In the Lake Chad Basin region, these factors have converged into a complex emergency aggravated by chronic underdevelopment and political upheaval. Meanwhile, instability and drought in neighboring countries have continuously forced people to flee into Chad in the hopes of finding protection.

What Must Be Done?

Refugees International is urging donors and aid agencies to address Chad’s humanitarian crises and strengthen their efforts to mitigate the consequences of climate change. Chad should move ahead with the implementation of the African Union’s Kampala Convention to improve the lives of internally displaced people.

Report

Bearing Witness: Atrocities and Looming Hunger in Darfur

Report

Climate-fueled Violence and Displacement in the Lake Chad Basin: Focus on Chad and Cameroon

Report

Responding to Chad’s Displacement Crisis in the Lac Province and the Implementation of the Kampala Convention

Commentary

Displaced Chadians: Caught between Deadly Violence and a Deadly Virus

Explainer

Sudanese Refugees: A Botched Hand-off to Development?

Perspective

“What Will Happen to Me?”

Advocacy Letter

Secretary Tillerson Should Promote Safety and Rights of Displaced People During his Trip to Sub-Saharan Africa

Advocacy Letter

NGO Statement: Seven Steps to Saving Lives and Assisting People in Nigeria and Lake Chad Basin

Featured Image: Group of internally displaced men in a displacement site outside of Baga Sola, in the province’s Department of Kaya, Chad. © Alexandra Lamarche, Refugees International