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Hissène Habré

Date of Birth: 13 August 1942
Place of Birth: Faya-Largeau, Chad
Died: 24 August 2021


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    Vol 54 No 11 |
  • CHAD

Déby’s enemies crowd in

Yet at the same time his Ministry of Justice led by new Minister Jean-Bernard Padaré has issued international arrest warrants for people accused of participating in the extreme human rights violations under President Hissène Habré although many still worked for Déby until recently...


Wade’s barons under scrutiny

Dakar’s most infamous guest Sall’s public determination to pursue corruption combines neatly with his aim of hosting the long promised trial of Hissène Habré...


Habre hangs on

Macky Sall’s election as President of Senegal has caused many to wonder if Chad’s ex-President Hissène Habré will still be welcome...


Madické Niang

Another irritant is the ongoing effort to bring Hissène Habré to trial for state-sanctioned murder and torture during his eight-year reign as President of Chad...


Taking positions

AGAINST The African Union modified the Organisation for Africa Unity's founding principle of non-interference in members' internal affairs: it endorses deploying peacekeepers to protect civilians and the trial of leaders for war crimes (Chadian ex-President Hissène Habré is to be tried this year in Senegal)...


    Vol 49 No 4 |
  • CHAD

Déby – caught between Paris and Khartoum

This finally ended the bargain made in 1990 when Khartoum backed Déby's ousting of Hissène Habré's regime on condition that he would not support Sudanese oppositionists...


    Vol 47 No 24 |
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Sudan targets Chad

He comes from the same Anakaza sub-clan and village as the despised former President Hissène Habré...


Posturing outweighs the policy

Hissène Habré heads for the courtroom Certainly Banjul's summit failed to do justice to its weighty agenda...

The most significant was the decision that Chadian former President Hissène Habré should be tried in Senegal on charges of murder and torture between 1982-1990...


    Vol 47 No 9 |
  • CHAD

Déby hangs on

Now listed for UN sanctions he helped Déby to overthrow President Hissène Habré in 1990...


Foreign fingers

The 1975 military cooperation agreement has been interpreted in the most cooperative manner: in 1990 President Hissène Habré enjoyed none of the benefits of French military intelligence logistics and even warning shots granted to Déby this year...


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