 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Kutanga mumireniyumu yechinomwe BC, huwandu hwevanhu hwakatamira mudziva reChadian muhuwandu hukuru. Pakupera kwezana remakore rokutanga AD, nyika dzakawanda nemadzimambo zvakanga zvavapo uye zvawa muChadis Sahelian strip, imwe neimwe yaitarisira kudzora nzira dzokutengeserana dzomuSahara dzaipfuura nomunharaunda yacho. France yakakunda nharaunda yacho muna 1920 ndokuibatanidza sorutivi rweFrench Equatorial Africa. Muna 1960, Chad yakawana rusununguko ichitungamirirwa naFrançois Tombalbaye. Kutsamwira mitemo yake muMuslim kuchamhembe kwakaguma nokuputika kwehondo yevagari vemo yakagara kwenguva refu muna 1965. Muna 1979 vapanduki vakakunda guta guru ndokugumisa kutonga kweSouth. Asi, vatungamiriri vapanduki vakarwa pakati pavo vamene kusvikira Hissène Habré akurira vakwikwidzi vake. Kurwisana kweChad neLibyayakaputika muna 1978 nokupinda kweLibya uko kwakagumiswa muna 1987 nokupindira kwechiuto cheFrance Operation Épervier. Hissène Habré akaparadzwawo muna 1990 nomukuru wake mukuru Idriss Déby. Nebetsero yeFrance, kuvandudzwa kweChad National Army kwakatangwa muna 1991. Kubvira muna 2003 dambudziko reDarfur muSudan rakapararira mhiri kwemuganhu uye rakashatisa nyika. Varombo nechekare, rudzi rwacho nevanhu vakarwa kuti vagamuchire mazana ezviuru zvavapoteri vokuSudan vanogara mumisasa iri kumabvazuva kweChad nemakapoteredza. 