Chad: resurgence of fighting in Tibesti, in the north of the country
Eighteen months after the April 2025 peace agreement, the gold-producing Tibesti region in northern Chad has returned to violence. On 14 October, armed clashes broke out between the regular army and the Miski self-defence committee, killing at least two officers of the mining brigade and wounding about ten people; the army has since been massively deployed in Tibesti. The self-defence committee attributes the crisis to unfulfilled state commitments on appointments and integration and to poor management of the monitoring committee; the point of no return was reached after outside gold miners, including a cousin of the Chadian president, entered a prohibited gold zone and the cousin died.
Why it matters: The clashes make resource politics central to Chad's northern security, as competition over gold zones and permits underpins renewed armed mobilisation.