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Who is willing to take on ExxonMobil's Doba Basin assets?

There are several companies fighting to acquire the 40% of the Doba Basin that ExxonMobil has held since 2000. According [...]

Subscribers only Energy 27.08.2019

To upstage Doha, Riyadh and Abu Dhabi shower Idriss Deby with funds

The new focus of rivalries between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates on the one hand and Qatar and Turkey on the other, Chad is exploiting the situation to up the ante. So far, Riyadh is in the ascendant.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 24.07.2019

Bertrand Cochery, France's new ambassador

France's current ambassador in Brazzaville, the diplomat Bertrand Cochery, is [...]

Subscribers only 24.07.2019

Attijariwafa royal bank to open in N'Djamena

Planned since 2016, the opening of a branch of the [...]

Subscribers only Finance, Business 24.07.2019

The ebb and flow of Deby's oil advisors goes on

Ever since former ExxonMobil man Ateib Abdessalam was ousted from [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.07.2019

Benalla affair lands French ambassador in Chad in diplomatic limbo

French ambassador in Brazzaville Bertrand Cochery is to succeed Philippe Lacoste at the French embassy in Djamena at the end [...]

Subscribers only Diplomacy 15.07.2019

Berlin set to drop Deby

The summoning of the German chargé d'affaires by the Chadian minister of foreign affairs, Mahamat Zene Cherif, on 7 June [...]

Subscribers only Politics 26.06.2019

Hopscotch to take care of PR at Chad-Arab World summit

Hopscotch, the French public relations firm run by Frederic Bedin, [...]

Subscribers only Business 26.06.2019

Spotlight | Document
Future Agadem exports: why CNPC prefers Patrice Talon over Idriss Deby

The oil major China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) plans to start exporting part of the crude oil produced on its Nigerian field Agadem by 2022. It seems to have discarded the option of building an export pipeline through Chad, much [.

Subscribers only Energy 25.06.2019

How CNPC plans to export output from Agadem.

Idriss Deby keeps close eye on Khartoum

Following the setting up of a Transitional Military Council (TMC) in Khartoum headed by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (see our [...]

Free access Defence, Politics 12.06.2019

Guess what of June 12, 2019

School run | Anxiety | Word of advice | Bonus

Free access Guess what ? 12.06.2019

Issa Doubragne, Deby's special emissary in the Gulf

To prepare for the inaugural Chad-Arab World International Investment Forum due to be held in N'Djamena from 26 to 28 [...]

Subscribers only Politics 12.06.2019

Idriss Deby behind on G5 Sahel payments

The Chadian president, Idriss Deby, has not paid his annual [...]

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 12.06.2019

War of words between N'Djamena and Washington

On 7 June, the Chadian minister of foreign affairs, Mahamat [...]

Subscribers only 12.06.2019

Spotlight
Airports spark intense international rivalries

At a time when many African capitals are constructing new airports to ease congestion around urban centres, such projects are giving rise to intense rivalry between new and established powers on the continent, all against a backdrop of growing sub-regional [.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 29.05.2019

Extension of Diori-Hamani airport in Niamey, built and run by Turkish group Summa.

Idriss Deby goes on charm offensive in Gulf

The Chadian president Idriss Deby will hold the inaugural Chad-Arab [...]

Subscribers only Politics 29.05.2019

Accor considering legal action over hotel sale in N'Djamena

A victim of the insecurity in the country, a lack [...]

Subscribers only Business 29.05.2019

Production: CNPC in top form, ExxonMobil falters and SHT nosedives

Oil production figures per operator in Chad are kept well [...]

Subscribers only Energy 28.05.2019

The ‘volatile' analyses of the Quai d'Orsay

Following the deaths on 10 May of two French soldiers [...]

Subscribers only Defence 15.05.2019

In Focus
Mahamadou Bonkoungou flies high in construction thanks to presidential aviation business

As business magnates Michel Tomi and Samuel Dossou see their business aviation companies go into nosedive, the aircraft operated by Burkina Faso's Mahamadou Bonkoungou are attracting bookings from presidencies throughout West Africa and will soon start flying from Central Africa as well.

Subscribers only Politics 06.05.2019

Liza Transport International's Falcon 7X in Ebomaf Force One video featuring Chocki.

Jean-Yves Le Drian pays visit to friend Deby

The French minister of Europe and foreign affairs, Jean-Yves Le [...]

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 30.04.2019

In Focus
Rebels and military caught up in Tibesti gold fever

Since the start of the year, the Chadian, Libyan and even Sudanese armies have been carrying out offensives and counter-offensives against ephemeral rebel groups in the Tibesti desert in northern Chad. At stake are the gold seams running across the region which are being fought over by rebels and army officers alike.

Subscribers only Defence, Mining 08.04.2019

Tibesti, in northern Chad, is at the heart of the conflict between rebels and the military.

Deby/CEFC: from prison, Patrick Ho calls on contacts to soften blow

Now 16 months into his prison sentence, the former Hong Kong minister Patrick Ho has been served his final sentence.

Subscribers only Energy 26.03.2019

First lady Hinda's inner cercle tightening grip on oil sector

As the new deputy general manager of the Djermaya refinery, operated by Chinese firm CNPC, Valerie Commelin has become the [...]

Free access Energy 12.03.2019

In Focus
Chad: France and Qatar negotiate in secret over Idriss Deby's future

The guerilla force currently laying siege to the regime of Idriss Deby is being directed from Doha by his nephew, Timan Erdimi. The situation is acutely embarrassing for the Chadian president but also for Paris, which is allies with Qatar but is fighting alongside the Chadian army against the rebellion.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 11.03.2019

Idriss Deby wants to end the maneuvers of his nephew Timan Erdimi, refugee in Qatar.

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Chad

Who is willing to take on ExxonMobil's Doba Basin assets?

To upstage Doha, Riyadh and Abu Dhabi shower Idriss Deby with funds

Bertrand Cochery, France's new ambassador

Attijariwafa royal bank to open in N'Djamena

The ebb and flow of Deby's oil advisors goes on

Benalla affair lands French ambassador in Chad in diplomatic limbo

Berlin set to drop Deby

Hopscotch to take care of PR at Chad-Arab World summit

Spotlight | Document
Future Agadem exports: why CNPC prefers Patrice Talon over Idriss Deby

Idriss Deby keeps close eye on Khartoum

Guess what of June 12, 2019

Issa Doubragne, Deby's special emissary in the Gulf

Idriss Deby behind on G5 Sahel payments

War of words between N'Djamena and Washington

Spotlight
Airports spark intense international rivalries

Idriss Deby goes on charm offensive in Gulf

Accor considering legal action over hotel sale in N'Djamena

Production: CNPC in top form, ExxonMobil falters and SHT nosedives

The ‘volatile' analyses of the Quai d'Orsay

In Focus
Mahamadou Bonkoungou flies high in construction thanks to presidential aviation business

Jean-Yves Le Drian pays visit to friend Deby

In Focus
Rebels and military caught up in Tibesti gold fever

Deby/CEFC: from prison, Patrick Ho calls on contacts to soften blow

First lady Hinda's inner cercle tightening grip on oil sector

In Focus
Chad: France and Qatar negotiate in secret over Idriss Deby's future

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Chad

Who is willing to take on ExxonMobil's Doba Basin assets?

To upstage Doha, Riyadh and Abu Dhabi shower Idriss Deby with funds

Bertrand Cochery, France's new ambassador

Attijariwafa royal bank to open in N'Djamena

The ebb and flow of Deby's oil advisors goes on

Benalla affair lands French ambassador in Chad in diplomatic limbo

Berlin set to drop Deby

Hopscotch to take care of PR at Chad-Arab World summit

Spotlight | Document Future Agadem exports: why CNPC prefers Patrice Talon over Idriss Deby

Idriss Deby keeps close eye on Khartoum

Guess what of June 12, 2019

Issa Doubragne, Deby's special emissary in the Gulf

Idriss Deby behind on G5 Sahel payments

War of words between N'Djamena and Washington

Spotlight Airports spark intense international rivalries

Idriss Deby goes on charm offensive in Gulf

Accor considering legal action over hotel sale in N'Djamena

Production: CNPC in top form, ExxonMobil falters and SHT nosedives

The ‘volatile' analyses of the Quai d'Orsay

In Focus Mahamadou Bonkoungou flies high in construction thanks to presidential aviation business

Jean-Yves Le Drian pays visit to friend Deby

In Focus Rebels and military caught up in Tibesti gold fever

Deby/CEFC: from prison, Patrick Ho calls on contacts to soften blow

First lady Hinda's inner cercle tightening grip on oil sector

In Focus Chad: France and Qatar negotiate in secret over Idriss Deby's future

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Spotlight | Document
Future Agadem exports: why CNPC prefers Patrice Talon over Idriss Deby

Spotlight
Airports spark intense international rivalries

In Focus
Mahamadou Bonkoungou flies high in construction thanks to presidential aviation business

In Focus
Rebels and military caught up in Tibesti gold fever

In Focus
Chad: France and Qatar negotiate in secret over Idriss Deby's future