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Chad

ADB finances audit into agencies that crack down on illicit mining

The International Conference of the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) has [...]

Subscribers only Mining 22.11.2016

Idriss Deby desperately in search of cash

With Chad’s budget cut by half, the country is playing it by ear as the president tries everything to boost the state’s coffers.

Subscribers only Business 16.11.2016

The lowdown on legal spat between Deby and Exxon

Behind the record fine Chad is asking Exxon to pay lies an old unresolved case that the president’s allies have latched upon.

Subscribers only Energy 01.11.2016

United Hydrocarbon in urgent need of a partner

The Canadian advisory and investment firm First Energy Capital, which [...]

Subscribers only Energy 18.10.2016

CNPC in negotiating mode in Ndjamena

Barely three weeks after meeting in China in September with [...]

Subscribers only Energy 04.10.2016

Pro-Beijing firm wins stake in licenses owned by Taiwan’s CPC

CEFC China Energy, a Hong Kong company with close ties to the Chinese Communist Party, has acquired half of the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 20.09.2016

Deby and CNPC chief confer

Invited to attend the G20 summit in China in his [...]

Subscribers only Energy 06.09.2016

Getting a break from creditor, United Hydrocarbon can seek partners

In late August the Canadian explorer active in Chad, United [...]

Subscribers only Energy 06.09.2016

Bechir Madet steps in as president Deby’s new oil chief

A former justice minister until 2014, and a solicitor by training, Bechir Madet has taken over from Djerassem Le Bemadjiel [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.08.2016

Alex Stewart leaves under a cloud, but with its reports

Arriving in the country three years ago to audit the books of CNPC the American firm didn’t turn over all of its reports to the government.

Subscribers only Energy 19.07.2016

Idriss Deby keeps the purse strings in the family

The president put a number of close relatives in charge of Chad’s finances in mid-June.

Subscribers only Business 06.07.2016

Insiders
Ten lawyers who hear the confessions of Africa's heads of state

The generation of entrepreneurs and engineers who made their careers in Africa is disappearing but not the generation of lawyers [...]

Subscribers only Politics 05.07.2016

Nigerian explorer casts lustful eye on Simba’s blocks

Although Simba is trying to regain control of its acreage in Chad Ndjamena is already talking to others about it.

Subscribers only Energy 05.07.2016

Ousmane Bahar Mahamat Itno, Deby’s eyes and ears in military

General Ousmane Bahar Mahamat Itno, the nephew of President Idriss Deby Itno, was promoted to commander of Chad’s military academies, [...]

Subscribers only Politics 22.06.2016

SHT seeking to pull out of block H

According to our sources, the Societe des Hydrocarbures du Tchad [...]

Subscribers only Energy 21.06.2016

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Post election, Deby clan tightens grip on country

Chad's President Idriss Deby wasted no time after his reelection for a fifth term in April to people Chad's corridors of power once again with relatives and fellow clan members. Even before his inauguration, Deby, who has been in power [.

Subscribers only Politics 25.05.2016

President’s son on fast-track career path at refinery

President Idriss Deby’s son, Seid Idriss Deby, certainly has an [...]

Subscribers only Energy 24.05.2016

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Deby's government crushed by Glencore debt

Already reeling from the collapse in the oil price, Chad is now dealing with disaster of another sort: the need to repay a debt to Glencore. In 2014, the trading group lent $1.45 billion to Chad to buy out Chevron's [.

Subscribers only Energy 22.03.2016

Saleh Kebzabo campaigns in Paris

Saleh Kebzabo, the opposition leader who is running for president in Chad's elections on April 10, met with French officials [...]

Subscribers only Politics 09.03.2016

Zakaria Idriss Deby spending more time at palace

With Chad’s April 10 presidential elections looming, President Idriss Deby continues to spend most of his time in his fief [...]

Subscribers only Politics 09.03.2016

Deby gives Jean-Marc Ayrault his first Africa lesson

French foreign minister Jean-Marc Ayrault made a discreet visit to the Le Bristol hotel in Paris on February 29 to [...]

Subscribers only 01.03.2016

Controversial oilman Ali Modu Sheriff to head PDP

The chief of two companies operating in Chad, SAS Petroleum and Global Petroleum, Ali Modu Sheriff has won election as [...]

Subscribers only Energy 23.02.2016

Abakar Borgo, Idriss Deby’s Sudanese supporter

As Chad’s April 10 presidential elections approach, incumbent Idriss Deby knows he can count on the support of Abakar Borgo, [...]

Subscribers only Politics 10.02.2016

AU votes for President Idriss Deby

The African Union (AU) is so sure that incumbent Idriss [...]

Subscribers only Politics 10.02.2016

Idriss Déby becomes head of the African Union

The New Year has got off to a flying start for Idriss Déby. At the end of the African Union’s [...]

Subscribers only 28.01.2016

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Chad

ADB finances audit into agencies that crack down on illicit mining

Idriss Deby desperately in search of cash

The lowdown on legal spat between Deby and Exxon

United Hydrocarbon in urgent need of a partner

CNPC in negotiating mode in Ndjamena

Pro-Beijing firm wins stake in licenses owned by Taiwan’s CPC

Deby and CNPC chief confer

Getting a break from creditor, United Hydrocarbon can seek partners

Bechir Madet steps in as president Deby’s new oil chief

Alex Stewart leaves under a cloud, but with its reports

Idriss Deby keeps the purse strings in the family

Insiders
Ten lawyers who hear the confessions of Africa's heads of state

Nigerian explorer casts lustful eye on Simba’s blocks

Ousmane Bahar Mahamat Itno, Deby’s eyes and ears in military

SHT seeking to pull out of block H

Spotlight
Post election, Deby clan tightens grip on country

President’s son on fast-track career path at refinery

Spotlight
Deby's government crushed by Glencore debt

Saleh Kebzabo campaigns in Paris

Zakaria Idriss Deby spending more time at palace

Deby gives Jean-Marc Ayrault his first Africa lesson

Controversial oilman Ali Modu Sheriff to head PDP

Abakar Borgo, Idriss Deby’s Sudanese supporter

AU votes for President Idriss Deby

Idriss Déby becomes head of the African Union

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Chad

ADB finances audit into agencies that crack down on illicit mining

Idriss Deby desperately in search of cash

The lowdown on legal spat between Deby and Exxon

United Hydrocarbon in urgent need of a partner

CNPC in negotiating mode in Ndjamena

Pro-Beijing firm wins stake in licenses owned by Taiwan’s CPC

Deby and CNPC chief confer

Getting a break from creditor, United Hydrocarbon can seek partners

Bechir Madet steps in as president Deby’s new oil chief

Alex Stewart leaves under a cloud, but with its reports

Idriss Deby keeps the purse strings in the family

Insiders Ten lawyers who hear the confessions of Africa's heads of state

Nigerian explorer casts lustful eye on Simba’s blocks

Ousmane Bahar Mahamat Itno, Deby’s eyes and ears in military

SHT seeking to pull out of block H

Spotlight Post election, Deby clan tightens grip on country

President’s son on fast-track career path at refinery

Spotlight Deby's government crushed by Glencore debt

Saleh Kebzabo campaigns in Paris

Zakaria Idriss Deby spending more time at palace

Deby gives Jean-Marc Ayrault his first Africa lesson

Controversial oilman Ali Modu Sheriff to head PDP

Abakar Borgo, Idriss Deby’s Sudanese supporter

AU votes for President Idriss Deby

Idriss Déby becomes head of the African Union

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DRC
The Tshisekedi clan's dangerous ties with cobalt looting "cartels"

Gabon
Gunvor secrets (2/2): the hidden clauses of the Assala Energy buyout

Insiders
Ten lawyers who hear the confessions of Africa's heads of state

Spotlight
Post election, Deby clan tightens grip on country

Spotlight
Deby's government crushed by Glencore debt