Incumbents

President: Idriss Déby

Events

March 19 – 1st case of the COVID-19 pandemic in Chad^[1]
March 26 – With three cases already reported, Chadian authorities reported two additional positive cases. The cases were a 48-year-old Chadian and a 55-year-old Cameroonian passenger on a March 17, 2020 Ethiopian Airlines flight from Dubai and Brussels respectively via Addis Ababa.^[2]
March 30 – Two more cases of Covid-19 were reported, a Chadian citizen from Douala and a Swiss citizen from Brussels.^[3]
April 2 – Chad registered a new case of Covid-19. He is a Chadian who traveled from Dubai via Abuja.^[4]
April 3 – A new case of Covid-19 was registered in Chad. He is a French citizen who traveled from Brussels via Paris.^[5]
April 6 – Chad recorded its first case of local contamination. It is a 31 year old Chadian who was in contact with another Chadian diagnosed positive.^[6]
April 9 – Health officials reported a new case of virus infection. He is a 59 year old Chadian who arrived on March 25 in N'Djamena. The man is a religious returning from Pakistan, via Cameroon, having reached N'Djamena by land. The man continued his journey to Abéché where he was finally quarantined on April 4. The test was positive on April 8.^[7]
September 8 – Chad and Israel discuss the possible renewal of diplomatic relations.^[8]
December 24 – Chad adopts its first ever asylum law, enhancing protections for the nearly 480,000 refugees it hosts. It makes Chad one of the first countries in Africa to fulfill a pledge made during the 2019 Global Refugee Forum.^[9]

Deaths

References

^ "Chad confirms first case of coronavirus: government statement". Reuters. 19 March 2020. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
^ Alwihda, Info. "Coronavirus : Le Tchad annonce deux nouveaux cas". Alwihda Info - Actualités TCHAD, Afrique, International (in French). Retrieved 2020-04-01.
^ Alwihda, Info. "Tchad - COVID-19 : un tchadien et un suisse testés positifs". Alwihda Info - Actualités TCHAD, Afrique, International (in French). Retrieved 2020-04-09.
^ "Coronavirus au Tchad : voici comment l'équipe du 1313 a pu découvrir le 8ème cas". Tchadinfos.com (in French). 2020-04-03. Retrieved 2020-04-09.
^ Alwihda, Info. "Tchad : un 9ème cas de COVID-19 détecté". Alwihda Info - Actualités TCHAD, Afrique, International (in French). Retrieved 2020-04-09.
^ "Covid-19 : les autorités sanitaires confirment le 10e cas". Journal du Tchad (in French). Archived from the original on 2020-04-11. Retrieved 2020-04-11.
^ "Coronavirus : le Tchad annonce son 11e cas, un marabout venu du Pakistan". Tchadinfos.com (in French). 2020-04-09. Retrieved 2020-04-11.
^ "Netanyahu and Chad official discuss possible exchange of envoys: Israeli statement". news.yahoo.com. Reuters. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Chad: New law safeguards 480,000 refugees". UN News. 2020-12-24. Retrieved 2021-06-27.

v t e Years in Chad (1911–present)
20th century	1911 ... 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
21st century	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

v t e 2020 in Africa
Sovereign states	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
States with limited recognition	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland
Dependencies, colonies and other territories	Ascension Island Mayotte Réunion Saint Helena Tristan da Cunha Western Sahara

Incumbents

Events

See also

Deaths

References