6 February – Police in N’Djamena fire tear gas and make several arrests as hundreds set tires on fire and protest against President Déby's nomination to run for a sixth term in April.[1]
16 February – Chad deploys 1,200 troops to the ″tri-border region″ of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso during the G5 Sahel summit.[2]
28 February – Opposition leader Yaya Dillo says his mother, son, and three other members of his family were killed in a pre-dawn raid on his house led by the president's son. A government spokesperson said that Dillo had failed to respond to two judicial mandates, and that two people were killed and five injured, including three police officers.[3]
3 April – The Niger human rights commission calls for an independent inquiry following alleged rapes, including that of an 11-year-old girl, by Chadian soldiers deployed to help fight armed groups.[4]