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Chad
Communications between N'Djamena and Doha break down

The Chadian transitional president Mahamat Idriss Déby with the Qatari emir Tamim ben Hamad Al Thani, in Doha, Qatar, on 8 August 2022. © Amiri Diwan of the State of Qatar/Anadolu Agency via AFP

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. [...]

Published on 10/11/2022 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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