Vol 41 No 6 | CHADFRANCE All change 17th March 2000 A complex row over oil, French troops, and links with rebels has boiled over For a French ambassador to be expelled from Chad was once unthinkable: Paris was more likely to expel a Chadian president. Changing times were marked on 11 March by the announcemen...
Vol 40 No 20 | CAMEROONCHAD Spinning a pipeline 8th October 1999 As protests grow against the US$3.5 billion Chad-Cameroon pipeline (AC Vol 39 No 13), Africa Confidential has obtained two confidential memoranda showing the World Bank's efforts t...
Vol 39 No 17 | CHAD Secret exits 28th August 1998 In spite of having cut down its defence commitments (the pullout from Bouar and Bangui in the Central African Republic was completed in April), France still maintains a network of ...
Vol 39 No 13 | CAMEROONCHAD Pipeline jitters 26th June 1998 There are still doubts about the huge plan to pump oil from Chad to the Atlantic Southern-based rebels and environmentalists are losing their battles toscupperPresidentIdrissDéby’ splanstoturnChadintoAfrica’ s latest oil emirate. The Dé...
Vol 38 No 22 | CHAD On fire 7th November 1997 There have been rebellious stirrings again, enough to send President Idriss Déby scurrying off to Taiwan in search of a reward for recognising China's rival last June. A few...
Vol 38 No 8 | CHAD Nimble in Ndjamena 11th April 1997 Déby is getting domestic politics under control and is giving his neighbours a hand 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 u...
Vol 38 No 2 | CHAD Shoot on sight 17th January 1997 Chad's policy of summarily shooting presumed criminals 'is working', Foreign Affairs Minister Saleh Kebzabo declared on 11 January. Since President Idriss Déby's November or...
Vol 37 No 10 | CHAD Debts to Déby 10th May 1996 For want of an alternative, Paris is resigned to Déby winning a mandate After 35 years of independence and 30 of civil war, Chad will hold its first pluralist election on 2 June. Once a warlord and now President, Idriss Déby is favoured to win, partly ...
Vol 30 No 1 | CHADUNITED STATES Target Gadaffi 6th January 1989 The United States and Israel have constructed a series of bases in Chad, Cameroon and elsewhere in which they are training a substantial Contra force of Libyans, including up to 2,...