Chad

In a much-criticized decision, Chad was included in the travel ban mostly due to a lack of office supplies.

"Let us be clear: their behavior was and still is totally unacceptable," Oxfam said in a statement.

The White House’s decision to penalize a key counterterrorism partner in Africa may already be having negative consequences.

A special tribunal set up in 2013 found him guilty of having ordered the arrest, torture and killing of thousands of Chadians.

The former president ordered the torture and murder of thousands of political opponents during his rule.

The president has been prominent in fighting Boko Haram in West Africa.

A strongman president, Boko Haram attacks and oil dependence could all factor in Sunday’s vote.

The impoverished Central African country, threatened by Boko Haram, goes to the polls in April.

The victims imprisoned in Hissène Habré’s presidential palace in N’Djamena have spent 25 years working to bring him to trial.

Approximately 90 U.S. military personnel have already arrived in Cameroon, the White House says.

The countries will receive support that builds on the training and military equipment the U.S. has already supplied.

34 people were killed in twin suicide bombings on police targets on Monday

The government blamed the attacks on the Nigerian militant group.

Two hundred vehicles transporting troops have entered northeastern Nigeria to take on the Islamist militants.

Nigerian soldiers, backed by air strikes, recaptured two towns from Boko Haram.

The fighting took place where Chad has sent hundreds of troops to help Niger take on Boko Haram.

Nigeria’s military has reportedly agreed a truce with Boko Haram, in a deal that may also see the release of 200 schoolgirls taken hostage by the Islamist group