2013 in Chad
Events in the year 2013 in Chad.
Incumbents
Events
January
- January 21 – The Health Minister of Chad announces that 38 children have been hospitalized after getting vaccinated against Meningitis.
March
- March 2 – The Chadian army claims to have killed Mokhtar Belmokhtar, responsible for a terrorist enacted hostage situation in Algeria. The claims would go on to be disproven.
- March 14 – Poachers in Ganba, in Southern Chad, slaughter 89 elephants.
April
May
- May 2 – 4 People are killed in N'Djamena due to a plot conspiracy to destabilize the government, which was labelled a coup.
June
- June 14 – The UNHRC relocates 7,000 refugees to escape emerging brutal conditions of the wet season.
- June 26 – Chad catches poachers responsible for the poaching of 89 elephants earlier in March.
July
- July 2 – Former president Hissène Habré is charged with crimes against humanity, war crimes, and torture by Senegal.
- July 26 – The Global Fund grants Chad over $28 million to help secure access to mosquito nets in the country to combat Malaria.
October
- October 31 – The government of Chad signs an agreement to end the use of child soldiers by the army and security forces of the country.
November
- November 25 – The head of UNAMID meets President Déby to promote processes towards peace in Darfur.
December
- Human Rights Watch releases a report depicting the atrocities of the Chadian government under the administration of former president Hissène Habré.