Chad

At the Twelfth Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) in September 2024, Chad was granted a second interim extension to its Article 4 clearance deadline to October 2026. The extension is to allow Chad to conduct non-technical survey (NTS) to confirm or deny the presence of cluster munition remnants (CMR) in Tibesti province – its last remaining suspected region. Since Chad’s initial request for an extension in 2022, following the conclusion of the four-year European Union-funded PRODECO project, no progress has been reported due to a lack of funding and limited international support. In the first half of 2024, the National High Commission for Demining (HCND) and Mines Advisory Group (MAG) deployed limited resources for battle area clearance (BAC) and explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) spot tasks in Hadjer-Lamis province. Operations were, however, halted in June. Emergency clearance operations were conducted in response both to the explosion at the main army’s ammunition depot in the Goudji neighbourhood in the north of the capital, N’Djamena, and to severe flooding that affected Chad’s northern provinces during the summer of 2024.

• Chad should urgently conduct the requisite NTS in Tibesti province to confirm or deny the presence of CMR and develop a comprehensive work plan to fulfil its Article 4 obligations.

• Chad should reinforce its resource mobilisation efforts to raise the necessary national and international funds to enable it to carry out the requisite survey.

Click here to download the full "Clearing Cluster Munition Remnants 2025" report for Chad.