Vol 43 No 17 | CHAD Digging a hole 30th August 2002 The World Bank appears to be struggling to create transparency but at least it's trying Digging a trench is easier than establishing accountable institutions. Yet the World Bank is supposed to be financing the Chad-Cameroon pipeline project precisely to set up these k...
Vol 42 No 22 | CHAD Desert fox 9th November 2001 President Déby wants oil, needs friends and fears prosecution President Idriss Déby's arbitrary rule worries regional allies and foreign investors. There is growing anxiety in the consortium, led by ExxonMobil of the United States, whi...
Vol 42 No 19 | CHAD Dodgy dinars 28th September 2001 British authorities have seized a consignment of fake Bahraini dinars which arrived in the country allegedly via the Chadian presidency.
Vol 42 No 12 | CHAD Fraud storm 15th June 2001 Déby must win back the donors' confidence - the people's confidence is another matter President Idriss Déby sailed through the presidential election in the first round amid loud questions about electoral fraud. Many Chadians are challenging the results. While...
Vol 41 No 14 | CAMEROONCHAD Under fire 7th July 2000 Work is scheduled to start late this year on the controversial US$3.7 billion Chad-Cameroon pipeline following the World Bank's June decision to lend the project $193 million. Chad...
Vol 41 No 7 | CHAD Togoïmi's Tactics 31st March 2000 President Idriss Déby is deeply worried about ex-Defence Minister Youssouf Togoïmi's rebellion in the Tibesti. Travel, even for officials, is impossible north of Faya-L...
Vol 41 No 6 | CHADFRANCE All change 17th March 2000 A complex row over oil, French troops, and links with rebels has boiled over For a French ambassador to be expelled from Chad was once unthinkable: Paris was more likely to expel a Chadian president. Changing times were marked on 11 March by the announcemen...
Vol 40 No 20 | CAMEROONCHAD Spinning a pipeline 8th October 1999 As protests grow against the US$3.5 billion Chad-Cameroon pipeline (AC Vol 39 No 13), Africa Confidential has obtained two confidential memoranda showing the World Bank's efforts t...
Vol 39 No 17 | CHAD Secret exits 28th August 1998 In spite of having cut down its defence commitments (the pullout from Bouar and Bangui in the Central African Republic was completed in April), France still maintains a network of ...
Vol 39 No 13 | CAMEROONCHAD Pipeline jitters 26th June 1998 There are still doubts about the huge plan to pump oil from Chad to the Atlantic Southern-based rebels and environmentalists are losing their battles toscupperPresidentIdrissDéby’ splanstoturnChadintoAfrica’ s latest oil emirate. The Dé...