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Chad
Population: 18.43m
GDP: $18.67bn
Debt: 32.3% of GDP (2024)

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Gulf States power play scuppers peace bid

A peace conference on Sudan declined to hold the Middle Eastern sponsors of the war to account. Now the conflict is spreading to Chad

If anyone questioned that the Gulf States United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, with their less pecunious partner Egypt, hold a veto on Sudan policy, the conference in...

French troops bid a hasty adieu

The departure ends an era amid mounting challenges to President Mahamat with a deepening social crisis and overspill from Sudan’s war

On 31 January, a quiet ceremony took place at the Sergeant Adji Kossei air base in Ndjamena to mark the complete departure of all French troops from Chad,...

Mahamat’s UAE ties could unravel

As General Burhan and the SAF gain ground, President Mahamat and his allies will face growing pressure at home and in Darfur

All eyes are on Sudan, especially now that the military dynamics are shifting in eastern and central areas in favour of Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) commander General Abdel...

Kaka beset on all sides

Having struck out on his own, the President looks ill-equipped to meet the domestic political and foreign security challenges and faces major risks

Two momentous decisions at the end of 2024 govern prospects for the regime in the year to come: the expulsion of France’s military and President Mahamat Déby Itno...

Dropping France, Mahamat Kaka tilts to Turkey and the UAE

Ndjamena’s strategic switch helps Abu Dhabi more than Russia for now

Taking Paris by surprise on 20 December, the Chadian government ordered French troops to leave the country by the end of January, marking a final rupture after some...

From Abu Dhabi with Dirham

UAE leader Mohamed bin Zayed will want political and other favours in return for his hefty investment in Mahamat Kaka

After meeting France’s President Emmanuel Macron at the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) in Villers-Cotterêts on 4-5 October, Chad’s President Mahamat Déby Itno ‘Kaka’ rushed to Abu...

Mahamat Kaka’s Darfur policy starts blowing back

The Zaghawa are turning against the President’s arms shipment deals with the UAE and backing for Hemeti’s RSF militia

Two raging urban battles – in Khartoum and El Fasher in North Darfur – could determine the next stage in Sudan’s devastating war: the de facto partition of...

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Floods worsen humanitarian crisis as west eyes deals on troop returns

The UN has called for funding to tackle climate change, as France and US court the central African state to be a partner in tackling Islamic terrorism

Several months of severe flooding in Chad have intensified the humanitarian crisis facing the central African country, which finds itself struggling to cope with a refugee crisis and...

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