Chad's President Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno ‘Kaka' had his eyes on the parliamentary elections on 29 December which saw a desultory turnout of around 38% after the leader of the opposition Les Transformateurs party Succès Masra had called for a boycott...

Associates of Hissène Habré are back in Chad and still resent France for switching its support to Idriss Déby Itno who seized power on 1 December 1990...

Opponents of Idriss Déby Kaka's father who was killed in 2021 also take a hard line on France which has ignored them for three decades...

President Emmanuel Macron was angry after spending so much capital to endorse the young coup-maker Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno ‘Kaka' – only to be stabbed in the back...

Macron was the only western leader to attend the funeral of Mahama Kaka's father Idriss Déby Itno...

His father was one of the closest associates of Hissène Habré and died in a battle against Idriss Déby in 1989...

New Minister of Internal Security General Ali Ahmat Akhabach is Arab/Awlad Rashid and was the leader of the Conseil Démocratique Révolutionnaire that joined Idriss Déby in 2007 after mediation with Libya...

In his book De bédouin à président Mahamat Idriss Déby claims to have forced IYB to repay 13 billion CFA francs (US$21 million) and threatened to punish him further if he repeated the offence...

Chad has hinted at its readiness to maintain a close partnership but has been irritated at a probe by French anti-corruption judges into lavish spending by President Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno ‘Kaka'...

Chadian sources say that UAE arms for Hemeti and his fighters are either flown direct from the UAE or procured from the Chadian army and transported by the Délégation Générale de la Réserve Stratégique led by a younger brother of the Chad's former President Idriss Déby Itno and uncle to the incumbent Mahamat...

In May he visited the presidential election campaign headquarters of Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno 'Kaka' and accused the United States of trying to interfere in Chad's elections...

Sandwiched between two zones of existing Russian influence President Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno ‘Kaka' has flirted with Russia particularly since his May victory in an election key opposition leaders were prevented from contesting...

They also vehemently oppose the policy of President Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno ‘Kaka' of providing supplies to RSF...