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Missing French tourist in Chad found dead ‘after a fall’
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Friday, February 13, 2026

A French tourist who went missing in northeastern Chad after heading off to visit an oasis in the desert has been found dead “after a fall”, Chad’s tourism minister said on Friday. The 70-year-old man – from the city of Dijon, according to a French newspaper report – had been missing since Wednes...
A French tourist who went missing in northeastern Chad after heading off to visit an oasis in the desert has been found dead “after a fall”, Chad’s tourism minister said on Friday.
The 70-year-old man – from the city of Dijon, according to a French newspaper report – had been missing since Wednesday.
He was part of a group visiting Chad for the International Festival of Saharan Cultures in the city of Amdjarass, about 100km (60 miles) from the Sudan border.
“We found the body in the Bachekele...
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