Throughout 2024 Russian operatives worked to support President Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno ‘Kaka' in the heavily rigged presidential election the outcome of which was never in doubt (AC Vol 65 No 12 Foregone electoral conclusion cements Kaka's grip)...
Other obstacles prevented Chad from aligning with Russia or joining the AES after the death of Mahamat Kaka's warrior-president father Idriss Déby Itno who was killed fighting insurgents in April 2021 (AC Vol 62 No 9 Regional leaders pay homage to Déby at funeral summit)...
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A ceasefire gives them breathing space and time to train younger recruits from the Sahel and South Sudan while improving logistics by collaborating with Libya's eastern warlord Gen Khalifa Haftar Chadian President Idriss Déby Mahamat ‘Kaka' Central African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadéra Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and South Sudanese President Salva Kiir...
The inner circle around President Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno ‘Kaka' is in turmoil especially since the fall of El Fasher the capital of the Sudanese province of Darfur to the Rapid Support Forces last October...
President Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno ‘Kaka' shifted his support to the RSF after the UAE pledged around US$1...
He reshuffled the military and security leadership pensioning off senior officers from his father Idriss Déby Itno's era...
Many Chadians see the Zaghawa as a ruling elite since December 1990 when Idriss Déby Itno seized power accused of privatising the state and excluding others...
The 2017 conference also raised $20bn despite lower expectations and Idriss Déby's strong western ties...
This expansion follows the failure of President Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno's government in Chad – weakened by internal divisions – to maintain its role as the RSF's logistical hub...
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Piqued by this loss of face in London the following day UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed al Nahyan (MBZ) summoned Chad's President Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno ‘Kaka' to Abu Dhabi for talks on ‘cooperation'...
It may also strain relations with Chad and its president Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno ‘Kaka' (AC Vol 66 No 7 Mahamat Kaka is caught between Khartoum's anger and Emirati cash)...
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After expelling the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) from Khartoum in late March the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) commander General Abdel Fattah al Burhan is now focusing on the militia's presence in Darfur and its principal supporters: Chad's President Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno ‘Kaka' and United Arab Emirates President Mohammed bin Zayed al Nahyan (MBZ) (Dispatches 24/3/24 Burhan's forces capture presidential palace tightening their grip on Khartoum)...
As the architect of Chad policy in the 2000s he led the building of an armed opposition to President Idriss Déby Itno who had declared Beshir an arch-enemy...
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Beyond putting spotlight on the UAE monarchy's sponsorship and arming of the RSF since the start of the war in April 2023 the SAF's case at the ICJ will also tie in President Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno's government which has facilitated the delivery of arms from the UAE to the RSF from an airstrip at Amdjarass in eastern Chad (AC Vol 66 No 5 Hemeti struggles to launch in Nairobi again)...
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