Idriss Déby Itno

When Chad’s President Idriss Déby Itno removed his soldiers from the Presidential Guard last October it was to South Africa that presidential son Jean-Francis Bozizé rushed to obtain weapons...

If the Chinese company wants to restart its business in Chad it now faces the difficult task of regaining President Idriss Déby Itno's confidence and meeting the government's demands...

It also showed how much Bozizé depends on Chadian President Idriss Déby Itno for his survival...

President Idriss Déby Itno is using his country’s significant oil resources to work in his favour and it seems to be paying off...

Chad’s President Idriss Déby Itno last year drove his relative Khalil out of Chad...

President Idriss Déby Itno inaugurated a new cement factory at Baoré in Mayo-Kebbi on 16 February...

President Idriss Déby Itno’s government has finally reached an agreement with the Chinese owners of the troubled Djermaya refinery...

Chad’s President Idriss Déby Itno has had a crucial influence on the regime of President François Bozizé Yangouvonda and he has let him know that the armed Chadian exiles in CAR must be brought to heel...

While today Laddé claims he would be happy to go back to Chad and make peace with President Idriss Déby Itno – to whom he has never been a real threat – the FPR has taken root in CAR thanks to its income from theft and a growing popularity among some local Peulh mostly living in the countryside and far from the influence of Peulh elites in Bangui...

In Ndjamena President Idriss Déby Itno has been conferring with French intelligence and other allies to counter any potential problems in Chad’s troubled north while Mali Niger and Algeria are concerned that Libyan gold and renegades will fuel renewed turbulence among Touareg and other communities...