Salamat’s government delegate, Ahmat Choua Rozi, has prohibited the movement of two-wheeled vehicles in Ardo, Mouraye and Siheb, in Bahr-Azoum department, until further notice. The restriction, disclosed on 24 October, is intended to control movements into and out of the affected areas and prevent further violence.
The decision follows farmer–herder clashes beginning on 18 October near the boundary between Salamat and Sila. An initial account on 19 October, citing local security sources, put casualties at 12 dead and three seriously wounded. That remains a provisional figure rather than an updated total for the subsequent days of unrest.
The ban directly limits residents’ transport across three sub-prefectures. Its duration remains open-ended, and the announcement did not set out exemptions or alternative transport arrangements.
A separate account published on 24 October described an ambush on 21 October against the convoy of Mangueigne sub-prefect Hassan Awat Mahadi, accompanied by canton chief Mahamat Djibrine. Four armed attackers fired on the convoy, according to security sources cited by Tchadinfos. One goumier, a local auxiliary, died at the scene; a second died at Koukou during evacuation towards Abéché.
The convoy had been conducting outreach on peaceful coexistence and respect for transhumance corridors—the routes used to move livestock seasonally. The attackers’ identities and motives remain unclear, and no connection between the ambush and the Bahr-Azoum clashes has been identified.