2006 in Chad

This article is a list of events in the year 2006 in Chad.

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See also:	Other events of 2006 Timeline of Chadian history

Incumbents

• President: Idriss Déby
• Prime Minister: Pascal Yoadimnadji

Events

January

• January 27 - More than 2,000 total refugees flee from the Central African Republic into Chad's southern border, fleeing factional violence in their home country.^[1][2]

April

• April 12 - The Chadian government sends soldiers to the capital, N'Djamena to secure it against the incoming threat of rebels.^[3]

• April 14 - Peace Corps temporarily suspends their participation in Chad under worry of safety of volunteers within the country due to instability and rebel fighting.^[4]
• April 18 - UN Secretary General Kofi Annan warns that violence from Chad could spread to neighboring Central African countries.^[5]

August

• August 26 - President Déby forces oil companies Chevron and Petronas out of the country, citing that neither company had not paid taxes to the country.^[6][7]

September

• September 4 - Mike Fay of National Geographic uncovers that poachers had killed 100 dead elephants near a preserve in Northern Chad.^[8]