Daily News Article - October 2, 2008
1. a) Locate Chad on a map. List the countries that border Chad. (Go to worldatlas.com for a map.)
b) Name the capital of Chad.
c) Who is the president of Chad?
2. List the reasons that prospects for improvement in Chad will not come to pass.
3. What is Chad's economic ranking among the countries of the world?
4. a) Why did the World Bank freeze its funding of a pipeline to ship oil from southern Chad to the Atlantic?
b) What was the Chadian government using its oil revenue to do?
5. a) Who continues to attack Chadian civilians?
b) Why do they do so?
6. Why isn't Chad's military protecting its citizens?
7. a) What are IDPs?
b) Why don't IDPs receive the same help from the U.N. that refugees receive?
c) What do you think is the best way to solve this problem?