Struggles

Here are some of the latest struggles facing Chadians:

1. Wood charcoal has been outlawed throughout the country, but this ban can only be enforced in the cities and big towns. This is the fuel used for cooking by the typical Chadian household, as gaz is expensive.
2. Hundreds of homes have been razed in the capital city, supposedly to build more modern ones, but it seems unusual that most of the neighborhoods affected represent ethnic groups that were against him in the attempts of the rebellion to overthrow him.
3. Police were called to round up copies of the Chadian newspaper "Le Temps," ostensibly because its papers were not in order, but the president took great offence to an article written about him, to the point that he deported the Cameroonian reporter who wrote it. Freedom of the press is being lost, a sign of the times
4. Boys, teens and young men are being rounded up in cities and refugee camps, and brought to training camps in the middle of the desert for military training and forced enlistment.
5. Not to mention the long-standing struggles of Chadians: a difficult hot season, one of the worst health systems in the world, insecurity and troubles.
   

More than ever, Chad needs our prayers. Our desire is that President Déby and his government would have a heart for the welfare of all Chadians, so that they would prosper, and his future would be secured. The suffering innocent Chadians are facing is tremendous. We need a miracle.
For more than a decade we have been praying for change; we are looking to God to help Chad by His grace.