Amnesty International on Thursday denounced Chad authorities for their failure to protect victims of armed clashes between herders and farmers.

The group revealed seven instances of herder-farmer deadly violence driven by climate crisis in four provinces between 2022 and 2024, which reportedly resulted in 98 people dead, at least 100 injured, and 600 left without homes or sources of income.

The armed clashes, particularly in southern Chad, are reportedly driven by climate change, population growth, and an influx of weapons and support from armed groups in the Central African Republic. Researchers stated that higher temperatures, desertification , and shrinking pasturelands in the center of the country have led herders to travel longer distances and settle in southern provinces wh

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