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Darfur's turning point

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...


Deaths mount, time passes

French President Jacques Chirac intervened directly we hear: the main aim is to stabilise Chadian President Idriss Déby...


Genocide watch

Paris might well seek involvement though: its priority isto save Chadian President Idriss Déby...


Algerian bullets

Did President Idriss Déby swap Algerian Islamists for support for his fellow Zaghawa fighting Sudan's Islamist regime as many in the area believe...


    Vol 45 No 8 |
  • CHAD

Rebels all round

Idriss Déby's ruling Mouvement Patriotique de Salut (MPS) is also now split along factional lines both over Darfur and over Déby's intention to modify the constitution in order to run in 2006 for a third term as president...


Le Para moves east

This could deliver an unexpected coup for General Idriss Déby whose officials have briefed on alleged links between the GSPC and the Chadian President's old enemies in the Mouvement pour la Justice et la Démocratie au Tchad...


The language of weapons

The unrest puts at risk not only the ailing President Idriss Déby but also the flagship transparency project imposed by the World Bank and International Monetary Fund on the Doba basin oil development...


Dead men tell tales

One was Adouma Ali Ahmed also Sudanese and a former advisor to Chadian President Idriss Déby...


Leaving the door open

His latest offence was to form an alliance with Jean-Pierre Bemba leader of the Mouvement pour la Libération du Congo and a bitter opponent of both Congo-Kinshasa's President Joseph Kabila and President Idriss Déby of Chad...


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