What is Chad named after?
Lake Chad
What record does it hold?
second-largest in Africa
When did France conquer the area?
1920
What did they merge it with?
French Equatorial Africa
When did Chad become it's own country?
1960
Who was in control at that time?
François Tombalbaye
When was Habre tossed out?
1990
By whom?
Idriss Déby
How many official languages are spoken in Chad?
Two
Is one English?
no
Can you name one?
Arabic
How much of the population is Christian?
40%
What's the other primary religion?
Islam
Is that the religion of more than half of the people?
yes
Is all of Chad a desert?
no
What major emergency is taking place that's destabilizing the nation?
Darfur crisis
How many refugees are living in eastern Chad?
hundreds of thousands
Where are they from?
Sudan
Do they live in houses there?
no in camps
What's one thing that's keeping Chad in poverty?
high birth rates