Chad seeks help as the Central African country struggles to deal with unprecedented flooding, with capital N'Djamena and surrounding areas at high risk
Floods have hit 18 of the country's 23 provinces, affecting millions and"swallowing up more than 465,000 hectares of fields and 19,000 heads of livestock," says President Mahamat Idriss Deby.
The floods, caused by heavy rains in the south and central areas, have hit 18 of the country's 23 provinces and affected "more than a million people", Deby said on Wednesday in a television address, adding that no one had yet died as a result. "The areas most at risk are the capital N'Djamena and surrounding areas," the president said, calling the situation "increasingly worrying".
The 38-year-old five-star general took the helm in April 2021 after his father, Idriss Deby Itno -- Chad's iron-fisted ruler for three decades -- was killed during an operation against rebels.
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