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 control...
Since President Idriss Déby's November order to security forces to 'execute' criminals caught in the act 'We no longer experience the previous levels of violence' he said...
We hear that Presidents Blaise Compaoré (Burkina Faso) Idriss Déby (Chad) and Henri Konan Bédié (Côte d'Ivoire) were told once the attack was underway but Gabon's President Omar Bongo was kept informed from the start...
Idriss Déby; Burkina Faso's Capt...
Once a warlord and now President Idriss Déby is favoured to win partly because the opposition will be split between fourteen rival presidential hopefuls...
Nominees in Ndjamena Idriss Déby aged 46 the sitting President is favourite to win...
It has also polished its African image: on 1 February Presidents Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir Idriss Déby (Chad) and Ange-Félix Patassé (Central African Republic) agreed to form a 'Triangle' for 'security and integrated development' and to strengthen the military on their borders...