The other main Chadian rebel group Socle pour le Changement l'Unité et la Démocratie (SCUD) is dominated by Zaghawa of the Bideyat clan and led by President Idriss Déby Itno's cousins the Erdimi twins (Tom and Timan)...
Vol 47 No 22 |
- CHINA
- AFRICA
President Idriss Déby Itno smartly set China's interest against those of the World Bank and USA by de-recognising Taiwan the previous holder of Chadian exploration concessions with a down-payment of $30 mn...
Seldom in his 16-year rule has President Idriss Déby Itno inspired much envy from his peers but right now he is riding high...
Vol 47 No 19 |
- SUDAN
- BRITAIN
In Darfur Islamist guerrillas - Sudanese or foreign - might arrive from a westerly direction; some recent attacks on Chadian President Idriss Déby came from the hard-to-monitor meeting point of Chad Sudan and Central African Republic an area Khartoum knows well having used it as a springboard against its Southern insurgents...
It is getting support from Chad's President Idriss Déby Itno who wants it to to help defend Chad's border against Khartoum's proxy militia the Front Uni pour le Changement et la Démocratie (FUCD)...
Vol 47 No 14 |
- AFRICAN UNION
A Chadian government inquiry accuses him of killing 40 000 people and torturing 200 000 others; the inquiry was overseen by his successor President Idriss Déby Itno himself a long-time Chief of Army Staff to Habré...
Bozizé now wants French air cover to prevent armed groups from Sudan moving through CAR territory which offers a back route to Ndjamena for rebels against Bozizé's key backer Chad's President Idriss Déby (AC Vol 47 No 9)...
President Idriss Déby Itno has won the first round with French help by routing the rebel invasion of 9-13 April killing hundreds of armed oppositionists in the centre of N'djamena...
He had raised the issue with Idriss Déby he said without indicating his or Déby's position...
Since 2003 Paris has both backed President Idriss Déby and tried to prevent its allies discussing Chad...
Meanwhile President Idriss Déby Itno clings to power only by grace of armed men from his Zakawa (Zaghawa) people whose lands straddle the border...