EUFOR on patrol in Farchana
When the sun comes up in eastern Chad, the dawn of a new day brings with it a host of daunting challenges. Soon the temperatures will rise to 50 degrees Celsius. A patch of shade will be the only mercy one can find in these parts, and the quest for resources […]

Camp Iridimi, Eastern Chad
I spent a month wandering around eastern Chad, along the border with Sudan, where some 250,000 Darfuris fled a genocidal conflict to settle in massive refugee camps tended to by the UNHCR and a complex sub-network of international and local aid agencies. It has been more than four years now since the […]

A downed Chadian army helicopter lies in the desert sands just outside Abeche.
In Abeche now, the day was very calm. After checking with various people about the security situation, we took a drive up north to Biltin to have a chat with the governor and get his authorization to work as journalists in the area. […]

Arrival in N’djamena, Chad June 17, 2008.
Things are calm in the capital after a series of rebel attacks in the east destabilized regular proceedings and raised the alert levels considerably. The rebels have apparently passed back over the border into Sudan now. Things seem to be relatively under control according to reports, but it’s still […]

Next month I will be teaming up with fellow blogger David Axe over at WarIsBoring.com to head into Chad and cover the growing crisis on the border with Darfur. We will be there for one month.
Below is a map of Darfur and an area map of the region we will be travelling to inside Chad. […]