"Save Democracy in Chad" is the name of the new opposition coalition formed on January 10, 2026, in N'Djamena. Made up of seven political parties, the coalition condemns "a democratic deficit (...) marked by rigged elections" and a country where "human rights are violated." It is in light of this situation that the coalition intends to mobilize to "denounce irregularities and abuses of power; inform citizens about their rights and political issues," says the alliance's coordinator, Izadine Ahmat Tidjani. Meanwhile, the secretary-general of the opposition party Les Transformateurs, Tog-Yeum Nagorngar, is calling for an "amnesty" for his leader, former Prime Minister Succès Masra, who was sentenced in August 2025 to 20 years in prison for spreading hateful and xenophobic messages and complicity in murder.

New tensions with Libya

Nine Libyan truck drivers who were kidnapped on December 30 in northern Chad in retaliation for the arrest of Chadians in Libya have been released. Following a fight caused by an identity check that went wrong in the Libyan city of al-Kufra, around 60 Chadians were arrested. Chadian Foreign Minister Abdallaye Fadoul regretted an "unfortunate incident" that was part of a series of recent incidents between Chad and Libya, but which, he said, do not, however, reflect the nature of relations between the two brotherly peoples.  January 9 marked the 1,000th day since the outbreak of war in neighboring Sudan. According to the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Chad, more than 900,000 refugees have fled to Chad since 2023, accounting for one in three refugees in the eastern part of the country. "Chad cannot cope alone. The world cannot afford to look away," the organization pleaded.