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10/10/2008 - THE WEEK IN AFRICA

Moussa Kaka tastes freedom

In this week's edition of The Week in Africa: the provisional release of Niger journalist Moussa Kaka after more than a year in prison, the Angolagate scandal and the limits of the Eufor mission in Chad.
CHAD - WORLD BANK
The oil curse, part 1
The World Bank's decision in 2000 to issue Chad a loan for an oil pipeline against the promise that it would use its revenues to fight poverty was recently overturned. Read how a blue print for Africa's development became a World Bank embarrassment.
SUDAN
Sudanese forces kill six tourist kidnappers on Chad border
Sudanese forces claim to have killed six of the kidnappers who abducted 11 European tourists in a remote part of the Egyptian desert two weeks ago. A six-million euro ransom was asked in exchange for the hostages who are believed to be in Chad.
CHAD

The challenges of Eufor's Chad mission

The European Union Force (Eufor) arrived in eastern Chad in March 2008 to protect civilians, refugees from Darfur and displaced people. But it is powerless to address some of the most pressing problems of the region.
CHAD - REPORT
Abeche residents react to Eufor presence
Eufor is in Chad to protect civilians. FRANCE 24 special correspondents Nicolas Germain and Virginie Herz gathered opinions on the efficiency of the force from ordinary Chadians in Abeche, where the main Eufor camp is based.
CHAD - REPORT
Life in the Eufor camp in Abeche
The European force (Eufor) is based in eastern Chad, with more than a third of its 3,200 troops stationed in the "Camp des Etoiles" outside the town of Abeche. FRANCE 24 special correspondents Virginie Herz and Nicolas Germain report.
CHAD - REPORT
A volatile region bordering on Darfur
Eufor troops are deployed in eastern Chad, a very unstable region that shares a border with the war-stricken Sudanese province of Darfur. FRANCE 24 special correspondents in Chad, Nicolas Germain and Virginie Herz, report from the field.
CHAD - REPORT
The limits to Eufor's mandate
Eufor troops were dispatched to eastern Chad to protect civilians. But in a zone about half the size of France, 3,000 men is not much - and they do not have the right to arrest the region's numerous bandits.
UN SECURITY COUNCIL
UN peacekeepers to stay in Chad and Central African Republic
The UN Security Council unanimously approved on Wednesday a resolution extending until next March 15 the mandate of the UN mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT).
CHAD
Investigation says Chadian opponent Saleh probably dead
A commission investigating the events surrounding the rebel attack on the Chadian capital N'Djamena last February concluded that opponent Ibni Oumar Mahamat Saleh, who has been missing ever since, is probably dead.
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