Toubou people
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The Toubou or Tubu are an ethnic group native to the Tibesti Mountains that inhabit the central Sahara in northern Chad, southern Libya, northeastern Niger, and northwestern Sudan. They live either as
Toubou men in traditional gear
Toubou (Goran) woman in traditional attire
Toubou family in Chad
Toubou camel riders north of N'Gourti, Niger
Chad
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Chad, officially the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon to the so
Toubou people
…or alternatively from Old Tebu, meaning "rock people") are an ethnic group native to the Tibesti Mountains that inhabit the central Sahara in northern Chad, southern Libya, northeastern Niger, and northwestern Sudan. They live either as herders and nomads or as farmers near oases. Their society is clan-based…
Group of Kanem-Bu warriors. The Kanem–Bornu Empire controlled almost all of what is today Chad.
The Mbang Abd ar Rahman Gwaranga (left) with Wadai's Dud Murra (right)
A Chadian soldier fighting for Free France during World War II. The Free French Forces included 15,000 soldiers from Chad.
Despite internal political opposition, coup attempts, and a civil war, Idriss Déby continuously ruled Chad from 1990 until his death in 2021.