15th February 2008

Vol 49 N0 4

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Chad CHAD

Déby – caught between Paris and Khartoum

President Déby's struggle for survival is not over and its outcome will have huge regional ramifications

The 4 February attack on Ndjamena was carefully timed. The rebels and their sponsors in Sudan's National Congress (National Islamic Front) regime in Khartoum had spotted growing dissent within President Idriss Déby Itno's own security forces and feared that outside intervention could strengthen him. After four years of trying to undermine Déby, Sudan hoped to block the deployment of the European Union protection force, EUFOR, in eastern Chad and north-eastern Central African Republic. Endorsed by the United Nations Security Council, EUFOR is regarded in the region as a French-led initiative to prop up Déby and undermine Sudan's NC (NIF)....

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 After Khartoum-backed rebels entered the capital, Ndjamena, French troops joined Déby's loyalists to repel the intruders on 4 February. The rebels are regrouping and Déby's national support is at its lowest since he shot his way to power (with the Sudan government's backing) in 1990., Ndjamena under attack, Sudan, Idriss Déby Itno, Central African Republic, Minni Arkou Minnawi, Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir, Hissène Habré, United States, Cameroon, Chad's rebel groups, Mahamat Nouri, Timane Erdimi, Tom Erdimi, Abdelwahid Aboud Makaye, Acheikh Ibn Oumar, Abderamane Koulamallah, Ahmed Koulamallah, Ibni Oumar Mahamat Saleh, Lol Mahamat Choua, Abdelkader Kamougué, Ngarléjy Yorongar, , Nourredine Delwa Kassiré Koumakoyé, Saleh Kebzabo, Laokein 'Frisson' Bardé, Brahim, Daoussa Déby, Hinda, Abass Mahamat Tolli, Adoum Younosmi, Ahmat Allam-mi, Bichara Issa Djadallah, Union des Forces pour la Démocratie et le Développement, Rassemblement des Forces pour le Changement, Fondamentale, Coordination pour la Défense de la Constitution, Front de Libération Nationale du Tchad, Africa Confidential, Forces Armées pour la République Fédérale, Arche de Zoé