Organized labor exists. Neither has ties to the government. Chad has great infrastructure needs. The country has no railroads and only has a few hundred miles of paved highway. This presents major obstacles to movement during the summer rainy season when the dirt roads are rendered impassable.
Chad has five permanent surface runways for aircraft which operate with basic services.
There are only about 7,500 telephones in the entire country. Electricity rates are among the world' s highest. Chad has one limited range television station and a fair system of radiocommunication stations for intercity links consisting of one FM and six AM broadcast stations. Law is based on the French Napoleonic Code and Chadian customary law. A new constitution was adopted in April of 1996.