Chad

"Signing bonus" that two oil companies paid Chad in April 2000 in order to join an oil-exploration project: $25,000,000

Source:

The World Bank (Washington)

February 15, 2008	Sudanese aircraft and Janjaweed militiamen attacked three villages in West Darfur, killing as many as 114 civilians and driving 12,000 more refugees into neighboring Chad, where they joined hundreds of thousands of refugees already there.	Weekly Review By Sam Stark Source 1: New York Times Source 2: Reuters
February 14, 2008	Chadian President Idriss Déby declared a state of emergency.	Weekly Review By Sam Stark Source 1: New York Times Source 2: Reuters
December 8, 2007	Six French charity workers held prisoner in N'Djamena, the capital of Chad, went on hunger strike to protest the charges against them, which include trying to kidnap 103 children from Chadian villages near Darfur. The prisoners claim that they thought the children were orphans.	Weekly Review By Sam Stark Source: BBC
October 24, 2006	The government of Niger told 150,000 Arab nationals that it was “high time” they returned to their native homeland in Chad.	Weekly Review By Theodore Ross Source: BBC News

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