Chad

Focus

“Villagisation” as a resilience strategy for Central African Republic refugees in southern Chad in response to the international aid crisis

Chad has opted for villagisation as an alternative host model for refugees from the Central African Republic in a context impacted by ongoing forced dis­placement, a camp-based humanitarian model losing...

Julien Ramadji Begoto

Focus

Standardisation challenged by local dynamics: the example of mental health programmes in the Chad Basin

This article is based on a study carried out by Groupe URD in Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon and Chad. The authors’ approach, based on the social determinants of psychological disorders, allows...

Florence Chatot - Henri Mbarkoutou Mahamat

Focus

The “Officials of 40 Street” in N’Djamena: a phenomenon outside the humanitarian field

The capital of Chad is experiencing a phenomenon which is common to many other African cities. These young people who “come to the city”, being neither refugees nor displaced persons,...

Emmanuel Bossennec

Culture

The White Knights, or the difficulty of carrying humanitarian engagement to the screen

   In the Fall of 2007, the affair known as “Zoe’s Ark” became a case study for several reasons. This unspeakable fiasco exemplified the fact that populism does not restrict...

Philippe Ryfman