Madar (N'Djamena) - Chad's national mediator, Saleh Kebzabo, has called on all parties involved in the situation in the Miski area of Tibesti province, in the far north of the country, to make an "immediate cessation of hostilities", de-escalate and resume dialogue, in a press release issued on Friday, 23 October 2026, news site Tchadinfos reported.
The mediator's office said it was following developments in Miski, marked by renewed tensions, "with deep concern", and deplored the risks they posed to people's security, social cohesion and the gains of dialogue. "Force cannot permanently replace dialogue," Kebzabo said.
He said preserving peace was a shared responsibility and that agreements reached through dialogue must be respected, and reaffirmed his "full readiness" to support any initiative to restart talks towards a peaceful solution and lasting peace.
On the same day, the G11+ group, which brings together more than 14 former politico-military movements, called for dialogue and against any escalation, expressing support for President Marshal Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno and urging people to check information before sharing it, the site said.
The army general staff had said two officers were killed and nine members of the mining brigade wounded in an exchange of fire at Miski on 14 October, blaming the Miski self-defence committee. On 21 October, the public prosecutor at the N'Djamena high court presented four people arrested over the attack, facing charges including undermining state security, while stressing the presumption of innocence. The committee has been ordered to lay down its arms and a military operation is under way, according to Tchadinfos.
The government and the Miski self-defence committee signed a peace agreement at Bardai on 20 April 2025 under the mediator's auspices, but the commission meant to monitor it was never formally set up, according to sources at the prime minister's office and the mediator's office cited by the site.
