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Chad

Population: 10 million
GNI: $4700 million
Debt: $1500 million
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Renewed rebellion in the east and a proxy war with Sudan complicates President Idriss Déby Itno's calculations. Despite  a souring of relations, Paris will support his regime and European peacekeepers on the border.

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  • Vol 49 No 4
  • 15/02/2008

Déby – caught between Paris and Khartoum

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

  • Vol 49 No 4
  • 15/02/2008

Beyond the borders

Chad and Sudan have been meddling in each other's politics for 30 years, and the semi-nomadic peoples who straddle the border (including President Idriss Déby Itno's Zaghawa) complicate the relationship. President Idriss said this month that Ch...

  • Vol 49 No 4
  • 15/02/2008

Delays in deployment

As fighting in Chad worsens, Lieutenant General Nash promises all EUFOR troops will be on the ground by mid-May

  • Vol 49 No 4
  • 15/02/2008

Papers and death merchants

Newspapers in Paris and Brussels have been full of accusations about Chad. French, Belgian and South African companies cooperated in supplying armoured vehicles to President Idriss Déby Itno's Presidential Guard, according to The Bulletin, an English-...

  • Vol 48 No 22
  • 02/11/2007

In loco parentis

The trial of nine French and seven Spanish citizens accused of abducting 103 children from the Chad/Sudan border region on 25 October will damage France’s relationship with Chad and prove a useful diplomatic tool for President Idriss Dé...

  • Vol 47 No 24
  • 01/12/2006

Sudan targets Chad

Chadian rebels launch a new offensive against President Déby after fresh backing from the Sudan government

  • Vol 47 No 22
  • 03/11/2006

Wars across borders

Khartoum is exporting its Darfur holocaust to Chad and sparking regional fires

  • Vol 47 No 19
  • 22/09/2006

Déby supreme, for now

Standing up to donors and oil companies, Déby looks all-powerful - until the next rebel advance

  • Vol 47 No 9
  • 28/04/2006

Déby hangs on

France and the USA belatedly worry about the rebellion - Khartoum helps foment it

  • Vol 47 No 9
  • 28/04/2006

Foreign fingers

Since 2003, Paris has both backed President Idriss Déby and tried to prevent its allies discussing Chad. This has weakened Chad's unarmed opposition, which has anyway been manipulated by the regime and by Sudan.

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