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Déby holds secret talks with rebels, makes peace with Moussa Faki

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Chad post-Idriss Deby: the big unknown

In April 2021, following the death in combat of Idriss Deby, Chad's all-powerful leader who ruled over the country for over three decades, his son Mahamat Idriss Deby known as "Kaka" took over at the head of the National Transitional Council. A year later, with the threat of rebellion hanging over N'Djamena, the country remains more split than ever. In an attempt to bridge the divide, Kaka has been trying to engage with his father's opponents, lately in Qatar since 13 March. But this is no easy task in the context of shifting regional alliances and the talks with the opposition's armed groups have been dragging on, casting a doubt on the general election set for the end of 2022. [...]

Chadian president Mahamat Idriss Deby. © Mehdi Chebil / Hans Lucas via Reuters Connect

Ahead of a repeatedly delayed national dialogue, Chadian leader Mahamat Idriss Déby has begun discreet discussions with his late father's most ardent opponents. He has also reached out to the chair of the African Union Commission. [...] (808 words)

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Abakar Manany
Abderaman Koulamallah
Aboulkhassim Algoni Tidjani
African Union
Allatchi Ali
Conseil de commandement militaire pour le salut de la République
FACT
Faustin Archange Touadéra
FNDJT
Front de la nation pour la démocratie et la justice au Tchad
Front pour l'alternance et la concorde au Tchad
Goukouni Weddeye
Idriss Déby
Jean-Baptiste Faivre
Kaka
Mahamat Hassan Boulmaye
Mahamat Idriss Deby
Mahamat Mahdi
Mahamat Nouri
Moussa Faki
Ofpra
Timan Erdimi
Union des forces de la résistance
Union des forces pour la démocratie et le développement
Wagner

Chad's new director of customs under pressure from the IMF

Chad's new director of customs, Ahmat Abdelkerim, has been tasked with rapidly boosting the country's customs revenue, the country's main source of tax income, under the watchful eye of the IMF. Abdelkerim, a former Bolloré executive, hopes to draw inspiration from neighbouring Niger. [...]

CHAD ITALY Diplomacy 27/01/2023

Sant'Egidio tasked with resurrecting Chadian national dialogue

The Italian lay Catholic association is working to facilitate the resumption of talks between the government in N'Djamena and groups that have not signed the Doha accord. It is trying to involve civilian entities like Les Transformateurs, but so far to no avail. [...]

CHAD Diplomacy 10/11/2022

Communications between N'Djamena and Doha break down Free

Three months after the end of preliminary talks between the government and Chadian military opposition groups in Doha, relations between N'Djamena and Qatar are at rock bottom. It is a situation that is undermining all the mechanisms for monitoring the national dialogue. [...]

The Chadian transitional president Mahamat Idriss Déby with the Qatari emir Tamim ben Hamad Al Thani, in Doha, Qatar, on 8 August 2022.

CHAD Politics 06/04/2022

As opponents tear each other apart at Doha talks, Kaka and his entourage push on

The preliminary talks in Doha between the political and military forces and the Chadian government, which began three weeks ago, are stalling. Splits within one of the main rebel group have come to light. At the same time, the presidency is working on extending the transition period by several months. [...]

CHAD Diplomacy 28/03/2022

AU Chad High Representative's reports systematically buried

Appointed in July as the African Union's high representative for Chad, Congolese diplomat Basile Ikouébé has been sending his reports to his superiors in Addis Ababa. But to date, these have never been discussed in any meeting. [...]

African Union High Representative for Chad, Basile Ikouébé.

CHAD Politics 25/03/2022

In Doha, N'Djamena places its men in political and military opposition

In order to weaken the rebel groups but also its historical opponents, Chad's transitional government has placed its allies within the parties and groups invited to negotiate a political compromise in Doha. [...]

Participants take their seats at the start of the Chad Peace Negotiations in Doha, on 13 March 2022.

CHAD FRANCE Diplomacy 15/03/2022

Former French ambassador Bruno Foucher returns to duty

French diplomat Bruno Foucher has returned to working on diplomacy regarding Chad. He is currently in Doha where a pre-dialogue with more than fifty armed groups began on 13 March under the auspices of Qatari diplomacy. [...]

CHAD Diplomacy 10/03/2022

Chad coaxes Qatar into meeting some of its demands for upcoming talks Free

Mediation between Chad's military leadership and the government is set to take place on 13 March in Qatar following pressure from the ministry of foreign affairs. [...]

Chadian interim president Mahamat Idriss Déby, known as Kaka.

CHAD Politics 03/03/2022

Military group representatives still waiting on their tickets to Doha

Despite notable progress, the peace talks between Chad's armed political groups and the N'Djamena government is due for further delays. The reconciliation process to be held in Doha last week was postponed. [...]

FACT leader, Mahdi Ali Mahamat, who has been slow to obtain valid travel documents to go to Doha.

CHAD Politics 12/01/2022

Doha hosts Chad reconciliation process but Kaka controls guest list

The great number of political and military protagonists invited to Qatar could end up derailing the meeting between the rebel groups. By inviting so many to the table, President Mahamat Idriss Déby is seeking to dilute the process to try to keep control over events as long as possible. [...]

CHAD Politics 02/11/2021

Chad interim rulers mull strategies for staying in power post-transition

The Chadian presidential election is theoretically due to be held in a year's time. With this in mind, various scenarios are being studied by Mahamat Deby's entourage to ensure that the country's interim leader remains in power. [...]

The president of the Transitional Military Council, Mahamat Idriss Deby (left) and the African Union (AU) chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat.

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. [...]

Spotlight

CHAD LIBYA SAHEL Politics 25/06/2020

Libya's Chadian legion to return home and wreak havoc?

Over the last fortnight the Chadian government has been following with concern the situation in neighbouring Libya, where the military setbacks of General Haftar could leave hundreds of Chadian rebels at a loose end and capable of posing a threat to N'Djamena. [...]

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