He met Idriss Déby in Libya when he was studying and Col...
Both JEM and NMRD are based on the cross-border Zaghawa (in Chad Zakawa) a people with a warrior tradition who control much trade and hold power in Chad through President Idriss Déby...
President Idriss Déby is on the campaign trail for a referendum on changing the constitution to give him a third term in office...
Vol 46 No 1 |
- CENTRAL AFRICA
A new International Monetary Fund agreement this month will ease state finances but President Idriss Déby remains under pressure from his Zaghawa clan over the Darfur conflict...
Diplomats are wondering how long President Idriss Déby will last and whether they can maintain their influence...
That disaster has turned President Idriss Déby against Khartoum as he showed during July's visit by French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier...
President Idriss Déby is nervous...
Chad has become key: President Idriss Déby has been an often reluctant ally of the NIF regime since it helped him to power in 1990 but substantial numbers of his army (predominantly drawn from the Zaghawa ethnic group which straddles the Chad-Sudan border) are sympathetic to the SLA/JEM cause...
French President Jacques Chirac intervened directly we hear: the main aim is to stabilise Chadian President Idriss Déby...
Paris might well seek involvement though: its priority isto save Chadian President Idriss Déby...