Chad post-Idriss Deby: the big unknown
Head of the chadian National Transitional Council Mahamat Idriss Deby. © Mehdi Chebil/Hans Lucas/Reuters

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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.

Chad post-Idriss Deby: the big unknown
Head of the chadian National Transitional Council Mahamat Idriss Deby. © Mehdi Chebil/Hans Lucas/Reuters

Chad
N'Djamena champions its candidate for AfDB top job in Abidjan

Chad's transitional president Mahamat Idriss Déby is exploiting his Ivorian connections to support Abbas Mahamat Tolli's bid to be the next president of the African Development Bank.

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Chad
N'Djamena turns to Brussels for funds to disarm and reintegrate rebels

Following its stalled negotiations with Qatar, the Chadian government is hoping to persuade the European Union to fund its Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) programme, that was a key part of the Doha peace agreement.

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Chad
N'Djamena moves to clean up gold mining in Tibesti

Sonemic has set up a "legal gold panning corridor" in Tibesti in the north of Chad, which registers "diggers," supervises their work and makes its safer, and records and traces their production.

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Chad
N'Djamena struggles to secure donor help with refugee crisis

With Chad requiring additional humanitarian aid to cope with the fallout from the war in neighbouring Sudan, Saleh Kebzabo’s government has been actively lobbying donors.

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Chad
EU resumes military aid to N'Djamena

Brussels is working on a €12m military support plan for Chad. The package has been relaunched following several months of tension between the EU and the Chadian junta.

Members of the Chadian Armed Forces parade during the 63rd Independence Day celebrations in N'Djamena on 11 August 2023.
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Members of the Chadian Armed Forces parade during the 63rd Independence Day celebrations in N'Djamena on 11 August 2023.

Chad
Hungary embarks on military and diplomatic drive in N'Djamena

Chad's new defence minister, Dago Yacouba, is expected to travel to Budapest this month to work on a security rapprochement with Hungary, which is aiming to deploy a military contingent to Chad by next year.

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Chad
Tshisekedi plans talks with Saint Egidio over Chadian mediation

The Congolese leader, who is the ECCAS facilitator in Chad, is due to receive a delegation from the Sant'Egidio Catholic community in Kinshasa.

The president of the DRC, Félix Tshisekedi.
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The president of the DRC, Félix Tshisekedi.

Chad
Minister's head rolls over failure of N'Djamena emergency electricity supply plan

The sacking of energy minister Djerassem Le Bemadjiel has revealed the tensions within the transition regime over the electricity supply question.

Mahamat Idriss Dédy, in N'Djamena, in August 2023.
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Mahamat Idriss Dédy, in N'Djamena, in August 2023.

In Focus | Chad
The 1001 lives of Abakar Manany

An intriguing fixture of the Chadian political landscape for over two decades, businessman Abakar Manany was one of Idriss Déby's closest advisers, and then one of his fiercest opponents. Living between Dubai, Paris and Washington, he made a comeback with Mahamat Idriss Déby, before being abruptly dismissed in July.

Abakar Manany, the millionaire aviator at the heart of Chadian power.
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Abakar Manany, the millionaire aviator at the heart of Chadian power.

In Focus | Chad
Idriss Youssouf Boy and the sinuous arms routes of Chad's junta

Documents consulted by Africa Intelligence reveal a secret company used by the inner circle of Chad leader Mahamat Idriss Déby to order defence equipment. His chief of staff, Idriss Youssouf Boy, is at the heart of complex and lucrative military equipment financing circuits that stretch from Abu Dhabi to Tel Aviv, via Astana, Istanbul and Sofia.

Idriss Yousssouf Boy, conductor of the Chadian regime's orders for military equipment.
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Idriss Yousssouf Boy, conductor of the Chadian regime's orders for military equipment.

Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Niger
Chad all but deprived of trade routes after Niger coup

Imports bound for Chad have been blocked in Benin since Niger's borders were shut after the recent coup there. This means Chad has lost a fourth major trade route - after conflict in Libya and in Sudan stopped the flow of goods - and it is now planning to boost its Cameroonian channel.

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Chad
Rome plans to open an embassy in N'Djamena

Continuing to strengthen its diplomatic network in the Sahel, Rome has agreed to open an embassy in N'Djamena. The official opening is scheduled for 2024.

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Spotlight | Chad
Turkish defence flagships cash in on N'Djamena's need for drones and aircraft

The Chad Air Force and its chief of staff, General Idriss Amine Ahmed, are preparing to take delivery of two Anka attack drones from Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI). The group already delivered three Hurkus attack aircraft and has set up a technical team in Chad.

Helicopter Atak, Plane Hurkus and drone Anka, designed and upgraded by Turkish Aerospace Industries, perform during Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's visit to Ankara, Turkey on 25 July 2019.
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Helicopter Atak, Plane Hurkus and drone Anka, designed and upgraded by Turkish Aerospace Industries, perform during Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's visit to Ankara, Turkey on 25 July 2019.

Chad
Déby asks Switzerland to help trigger rebel disarmament programme

Chad junta leader Mahamat Idriss Déby is banking on Bern to help convince donors to finance his country's disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration programme aimed at bringing former rebels back into the fold.

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Chad
Mahamat Idriss Déby calls on Lebanon's Georges Tehini to bolster his electricity production

The deputy secretary general of the president's office, Mahamat Borgou Hassan, has thus invited Cetri's CEO, the Lebanese Georges Tehini to N'Djamena on 17 May to discuss a turnkey photovoltaic power plant project.

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Chad
N'Djamena calls for French reconnaissance flights along Sudanese border

Chadian president Mahamat Idriss Déby fears that the conflict in Sudan the rearmament and organisation of armed groups hostile to the government from Darfur.

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Cameroon, Chad
ExxonMobil-Savannah: the behind-the-scenes story of Biya and Déby's feud

With N'Djamena in conflict with Savannah Energy, Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Déby pushed his Cameroonian counterpart not to legitimise the British junior's stake in the Doba-Kribi pipeline, which exports 100% of Chad's crude. In vain.

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Central Africa, Chad
AU and UN spurn ECCAS investigation into October protests in Chad

The AU and UN have yet to appoint a representative to help shed light on the repression that followed the 20 October protests in Chad in 2022 despite their pledges to do so to the authorities in N'Djamena.

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Chad
Communications between N'Djamena and Doha break down

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

Chad
Shadowy presidential advisers implicated in Mahamat Zene Chérif's resignation

The noisy departure of foreign minister Mahamat Zene Chérif has publicly exposed the internecine rivalries between four of Mahamat Idriss Déby's advisers.

Former Chadian foreign minister Mahamat Zene Chérif.
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Former Chadian foreign minister Mahamat Zene Chérif.

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