Vol 38 No 8 | CHAD Nimble in Ndjamena 11th April 1997 Déby is getting domestic politics under control and is giving his neighbours a hand Yet another of Africa's military leaders who has swapped khaki for boubou or danshiki, President Idriss Déby Itno has spent the last three months getting domestic politics under...
Vol 38 No 2 | CHAD Shoot on sight 17th January 1997 Chad's policy of summarily shooting presumed criminals 'is working', Foreign Affairs Minister Saleh Kebzabo declared on 11 January. Since President Idriss Déby's November order to security forces to...
Vol 37 No 10 | CHAD Debts to Déby 10th May 1996 For want of an alternative, Paris is resigned to Déby winning a mandate After 35 years of independence and 30 of civil war, Chad will hold its first pluralist election on 2 June. Once a warlord and now President, Idriss Déby...
Vol 30 No 1 | CHADUNITED STATES Target Gadaffi 6th January 1989 The United States and Israel have constructed a series of bases in Chad, Cameroon and elsewhere in which they are training a substantial Contra force of Libyans, including...