Idriss Déby killed several rivals over the years: Abbas Koty in 1993 and Ibni Oumar Mahamat Saleh in 2008 to name but two (AC Vol 52 No 9 Déby on top)...
Early in his term President François Hollande associated Déby only with the disappearance in 2008 of his friend Ibni Oumar Mahamat Saleh a respected figure in the Socialist International...
The regime has not fulfilled the commitments it made after the report on February 2008's events was released in September: the disappearance (in fact death) of Ibni Oumar Mahamat Saleh has not been clarified; military and police accused of raping and looting after the rebels left N'djamena go unprosecuted...
Reports suggest that information from French bugging of oppositionists was passed on to Déby who ordered the arrest of among others: Ibni Oumar Mahamat Saleh head of the opposition Coordination pour la Défense de la Constitution formed in August 2007...
