Misplaced Pages

← 2005 2004 2003 2006 in Chad → 2007 2008 2009
Decades:	1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s
See also:	Other events of 2006 Timeline of Chadian history

This article is a list of events in the year 2006 in Chad.

Incumbents

• President: Idriss Déby
• Prime Minister: Pascal Yoadimnadji

Events

January

• January 27 - More than 2,000 total refugees flee from the Central African Republic into Chad's southern border, fleeing factional violence in their home country.

April

• April 12 - The Chadian government sends soldiers to the capital, N'Djamena to secure it against the incoming threat of rebels.

• April 14 - Peace Corps temporarily suspends their participation in Chad under worry of safety of volunteers within the country due to instability and rebel fighting.
• April 18 - UN Secretary General Kofi Annan warns that violence from Chad could spread to neighboring Central African countries.

August

• August 26 - President Déby forces oil companies Chevron and Petronas out of the country, citing that neither company had not paid taxes to the country.

September

• September 4 - Mike Fay of National Geographic uncovers that poachers had killed 100 dead elephants near a preserve in Northern Chad.

References

1. Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for. "New influx of 1,000 refugees from Central African Republic to southern Chad". UNHCR. Retrieved 2021-12-23.
2. Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for. "CAR refugees fleeing lawlessness and violence cross into southern Chad". UNHCR. Retrieved 2021-12-23.
3. "Chad: Residents prepare for war as rebels close in on capital - Chad". ReliefWeb. Retrieved 2021-12-23.
4. "Peace Corps Temporarily Suspends Program in Chad". www.peacecorps.gov. Retrieved 2021-12-23.
5. "UN chief warns Chad fighting could spread - Taipei Times". www.taipeitimes.com. 2006-04-19. Retrieved 2021-12-23.
6. "Chevron, Petronas Booted From Chad". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved 2021-12-23.
7. "Chad minister defends oil ultimatum". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2021-12-23.
8. "Scores of Elephants Killed by Poachers in Chad". NPR.org. Retrieved 2021-12-23.

v t e Years in Chad (1911–present)
20th century	1911 ... 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
21st century	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

• 2006 in Chad
• 2000s in Chad
• Years of the 21st century in Chad
• 2006 in Africa
• 2006 by country