- Vol 53 No 10
- 11th May 2012
After falling out with the World Bank, President Déby wants to boost his political popularity with cheap fuel but China is arguing over the bill
- Vol 53 No 7
- 30th March 2012
Macky Sall’s election as President of Senegal has caused many to wonder if Chad’s ex-President Hissène Habré will still be welcome.
- Vol 52 No 19
- 23rd September 2011
Under pressure from Chad, the President is neutralising the militias in the north, amid questions about whether the peace can last
- Vol 52 No 9
- 29th April 2011
President Idriss Déby Itno has been winning presidential
elections since December 1990 and the 25 April poll is likely to prove
no exception. With the opposition boycott, turnout was expected to
provide the only question mark: early results suggested...
- Vol 51 No 19
- 24th September 2010
With all eyes on the South and preparations for January’s referendum,
Khartoum has stepped up its attacks in Darfur
- Vol 50 No 10
- 15th May 2009
The Chadian rebel offensive began straight after the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie had tried to break the stalemate in talks between President Idriss Déby and his civilian opposition on 30 April, and after yet another peace deal between C...
The regimes in N’djamena and Khartoum are preparing for another proxy war, this time with more guns and better technology
- Vol 49 No 4
- 15th February 2008
President Déby's struggle for survival is not over and its outcome will have huge regional ramifications
- Vol 49 No 4
- 15th February 2008
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 Chad w...
- Vol 49 No 4
- 15th February 2008
As fighting in Chad worsens, Lieutenant General Nash promises all EUFOR troops will be on the ground by mid-May