Chad

Overview

There are significant threats to New Zealanders travelling to Chad. If you travel outside N’Djamena against our advice, ensure you put security measures in place. 

New Zealand has no diplomatic presence in Chad, so the New Zealand Government’s ability to help New Zealand citizens there is limited.

Other things that New Zealanders travelling or living in Chad should be aware of are:

• Terrorism - there is a threat of terrorism throughout Chad and terrorist attacks could occur at any time. 
• Kidnapping - there is a threat of kidnapping against foreigners, and non-governmental organisation (NGO) and humanitarian workers have been targeted in the past. 
• Violent crime - there is a high level of violent crime including armed robbery, carjacking and murder.
• Civil unrest - violent civil unrest has occurred and the security situation remains unpredictable.

See below for detailed travel advice.