Israel and Chad say they have normalized diplomatic ties after a 47-year rupture amid reports that Tel Aviv has supplied the African country with weapons.

More than 30 people have died in northern Chad after Arab fighters, crossing from neighboring Libya, attacked miners in a region in the grip of a gold rush.

Amid warming relations with Chad, Israel is seeking to normalize relations with Sudan, among other African states.

Boko Haram terrorists claim the lives of eight Chadian soldiers in the Lake Chad region.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia’s key partner in the ongoing Riyadh-led invasion of Yemen, is reportedly recruiting mercenaries across parts of northern and central Africa to fight in the war.

The Nigerien army says it has killed at least 10 members of the Takfiri Boko Haram terrorist group, who attacked one of its military positions in the southeast of the African country.

The United Nations has said that half a million severely malnourished children around Africa's Lake Chad need life-saving assistance.

A Chadian soldier and 20 Boko Haram militants have been killed in a clash in the volatile Lake Chad region.

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says Washington is considering lifting a travel ban on Chad.

Nigeria-based Boko Haram kills 7 people in neighboring Chad and Cameroon.