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