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Due to its distance from the sea and its largely desert climate, the country is sometimes referred to as the "dead heart of Africa". In the north, it contains the Tibesti Mountains, the largest mountain chain in the Sahara desert. Chad was formerly part of the Federation of French Equatorial. Chad has four climatic zones: it has broad, arid plains in the center, desert in the north, dry mountains in the northwest and tropical lowlands in the south. Only 3% of Chad is arable land and none of it has permanent crops. Environmental hazards in Chad include hot, dry, dusty harmattan winds in the north, periodic droughts, and locust plagues. Lake Chad, which is in Chad and Cameroon, was once the second-largest lake in Africa but has shrunk dramatically during the last few decades and is now down to less than 10% of its former size. The people of Chad are known as Chadian. Chad covers 1,284,000 square kilometers.
GOVERNMENT Ghana has a republican system with the president serving as both the chief of state and Prime Minister head of government. The President is popularly elected for 5 year ulimited terms. Current President is Ltd. Gen. Idriss Deby since December 1990. The Prime Minister is Pascal Yoadimnadji . Presidential Elections were last held in May 2006; the next elections will be held in May 2011. The Cabinet called the Council of Ministers is appointed by the president on the recommendation of the Prime Minister. PARLIAMENT Chad has Bicameral system with a National Assembly (155 seats where members are elected by popular vote to serve four year terms) and a Senate not yet created and size unspecified, members to serve six year terms, one-third of membership renewable every two years).
POLITICAL PARTIES Chad has five major political parties and several minor parties. The Ruling Party is the Patriotic Salvation Movement(MPS). The main Opposition Parties are the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP), Federation Action for the Republic (FAR), National Rally for Development and Progress (RNDP),Union for Renewal and Democracy (URD).
THE JUDICIARY Chad has an independent Supreme Court, Magistrate Court and a Court of Appeal. ANIT-CORRUPTION INSTITUTIONS There is one main entitiy that fights aganist graft in Chad.
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The Republic of Chad is a landlocked country in central Africa. It borders Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon and Nigeria to the southwest, and Niger to the west.