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Trouble brewing over €250,000 seized from Deby clan by French customs

Chad's authorities are desperately trying to get their hands on €250,000 in cash seized by French customs at Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport near Paris on 27 November from the wife of a prominent general related to Idriss Déby, the late father of Chad's leader. [...] (308 words)

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Diplomacy

Congolese trader Lucien Ebata in custody in Paris

Breaking news published on 06/10/21 at 7.30 pm - Oil trader Lucien Ebata was detained this morning (6 October) at Paris's Le Bourget airport in possession of a large quantity of cash. [...]

The Congolese businessman Lucien Ebata. © Lucien Ebata/LinkedIn

CHAD Defence Business 12/05/2021

Chad generals reject Eastern European military manufacturers

The Chadian army's heavy equipment, purchased mainly in former Eastern bloc countries, was badly affected by the recent battles with FACT rebels. The ruling Transitional Military Council now wants to modernise its arsenal and end the Ukrainian and Russian supply networks established under Idriss Déby. [...]

Son of the late Chadian president Idriss Deby, General Mahamat Idriss Deby. © Christophe Petit Tesson/POOL/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

Spotlight

CHAD Politics 07/05/2021

New masters of N'Djamena seek support against rebel threat

The Transitional Military Council, in power since the death of Idriss Deby, is worried about several Chadian rebel groups active in the Fezzan region of southern Libya. Chad is urgently trying to boost its firepower and wants help from Libya and Niger. [...]

CHAD Politics 21/04/2021

The many questions raised by Idriss Déby's death

President Idriss Déby's sudden death on 20 April has sent shockwaves throughout Chad and further afield, prompting France to raise its operation Bharkane to maximum alert. Officially, the leader was killed in combat fighting the Fact rebels, but many questions remain on the circumstances leading to his death. [...]

Chad's president Idriss Déby, who died on 20 April. © REUTERS/Ammar Awad/File Photo

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