Talk:Chad

I am communicating with a family in Kelo, Chad. I want to create a way for this family to communicate with me on the internet. I need to know what type of internet access there is available in Kelo, Chad. I am not extremely sophisticated in the difference in wireless or land line internet access. However, in order to know what to send to this family, i.e. laptop computer or pay for a land line for this family to find a computer in the area will be some of the information I will need to know. Is there someone available that can guide me to an entity that will assist me? Thanks Janette Rothe @ janetterothe@aol.com

Safety
This sentence: "The best way to stay safe in Chad is to avoid it for the time being." is just plain absurd. N'djamena is completly safe to visit. The last rebel activity in the capital was in 2008 and that battle had about 100 casualties in a city of 1 million, so even if someone was there then, he had a slim chance of getting hurt, now traffic accidents are probably a bigger danger then anything else, so how can such a biased sentence be inserted? I delete it but it keeps coming back.


 * I agree. That statement is too much. While some strong warnings about conditions in the country are needed, urging people to avoid it entirely is absurd. (WT-en) AHeneen 13:12, 7 April 2010 (EDT)

Regions
We already have four regions for Chad:
 * Chadian Sahara
 * Arid Midlands
 * Lake Chad
 * Southern Savanna

They do not seem to be defined anywhere though. Having read a little before seeing we already had regions, I thought of suggesting the three recognised climatic zones: Saharan Chad, Sahelian Chad and Soudanian Chad, as described here. That would mean losing Lake Chad as a region - it, together with Arid Midlands, would become Sahelian Chad. Any thoughts? --(WT-en) Burmesedays 02:28, 3 March 2010 (EST)
 * Here is the map I have drawn with my three suggested regions, losing Lake Chad. I would like some feedback before I change the region scheme.--(WT-en) Burmesedays 04:15, 4 March 2010 (EST)


 * I think that the three regions are perfectly fine; however, I think the Soudanian Chad (which I think should be simply called Southern Chad) ought to extend further north based on this satellite image. While political boundaries are usually easiest to use to make a map, they're not always practical and in this case a straight (not exactly horizontal) line from the top left to the top right corners of the present boundaries would be fine. A very minor thing, the road leading west from N'Djamena should be red as that seems to be the main route into the country (via Cameroon & Nigeria).(WT-en) AHeneen 20:29, 4 March 2010 (EST)
 * Excellent feedback and let me look at all that. Please have a squint at Talk:Mauritania as well as I have just started thinking about that map.--(WT-en) Burmesedays 21:08, 4 March 2010 (EST)
 * Done. Is that better? (you may need to purge cache to see the revised version). --(WT-en) Burmesedays 03:29, 5 March 2010 (EST)
 * Yes. Excellent. (WT-en) AHeneen 07:31, 5 March 2010 (EST)

"one of the most corruptly mis-governed countries in the world"
I don't know enough to argue for or against this assertion, but is this generally agreed? For example, do the organizations that rate the level of corruption in different countries around the world rate Chad in the top 10 or so? Ikan Kekek (talk) 20:13, 14 September 2013 (UTC)


 * Yes. Remember that orgs. like Transparency International rely on self reporting surveys.
 * Read its history IK. I've just checked WP and they seem to think so too. (I'm surprised, I would have thought it was a bit controversial for them). Do a bit of googling and I think you'll soon be convinced (many of the articles are in French, though).


 * If you think it's going to damage their hoteliers too much, I don't mind if you remove it, but usually we tell it like it is, don't we? --W. Frankemailtalk 21:01, 14 September 2013 (UTC)


 * Yes, we do. The traveller comes first. Ikan Kekek (talk) 21:42, 14 September 2013 (UTC)

Time to update the warningbox?
It looks like the US State Department "warn[s] U.S. citizens of the risks of travel to Chad" and states in particular that "U.S. citizens already in Chad should continue to avoid all travel to border regions, particularly those areas adjacent to Chad’s eastern border and the Lake Chad region." It further warns that: "All U.S. citizens should review their personal security and have evacuation plans that can be carried out quickly. Do not rely solely on U.S. government assistance." This is similar but not identical to the current phrasing of the warningbox, and it may be worth checking into current policies on internal travel on the part of the Chadian government. Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:44, 25 March 2016 (UTC)