Chad: Man found dead in a retention basin

A man’s body was found on Friday, November 6, 2026, in a retention basin behind the 3 AS Hotel in the Walia neighborhood of N’Djaména’s 9th arrondissement. A local media outlet reported that he may have been strangled overnight from Thursday to Friday, although the exact circumstances and cause of death remain unconfirmed. Officers from the 9th-arrondissement brigade recovered the body and took it to the morgue, and an investigation has been opened. No arrests had been announced at the time of publication.