Madar (N'Djamena) - The government's delegate general for Chad's Salamat province, Ahmat Choua Rozi, has banned two-wheeled vehicles "until further notice" in the Ardo, Mouraye and Siheb sub-prefectures of Bahr-Azoum department, following a conflict between farmers and herders that has claimed lives and caused heavy material damage since 18 October 2026, the Tchadinfos news site reported on Saturday, 24 October 2026.
The decision was taken in the presence of security officials, the president of the Salamat provincial council and members of the Higher Council for Islamic Affairs' Salamat branch. It aims to help restore calm and tighten control of entries and exits to stop the movement of "ill-intentioned people", the site said.
The conflict broke out on the night of 18 to 19 October in Mouray sub-prefecture, on the border between Salamat and Sila provinces, over a disagreement on the route of a livestock corridor. Concordant security sources then gave a provisional toll of 12 dead and 3 seriously injured. Defence and security forces were deployed under the commander of military zone No. 10.
In a separate incident, the convoy of the Mangueigne sub-prefect, Hassan Awat Mahadi, which included the Naoun Tourkama canton chief, was ambushed by four armed people on Wednesday, 21 October 2026, according to the same site.
According to security sources, one of the escorting guards was killed on the spot and the other died of his wounds in Koukou while being rushed to Abeche. The mission was raising awareness about respecting livestock corridors and peaceful coexistence.
The incidents come as nomadic herders and farmers transplanting flood-recession millet share the area. On Thursday, 22 October, the Darasna sub-prefect toured herders' camps around the Am-Taror pond, calling for peaceful coexistence and urging them to avoid bush fires and any unauthorised activity in the Zakouma National Park reserve.
