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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When President Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno ‘Kaka' announced his decision on 28 November the deadline was initially set for late May (Dispatches 4/12/25 After Macron's minister leaves Déby cancels military accord)...
The opposition declared the elections a democratic regression reminiscent of the era of Idriss Déby Itno...
Chad's President Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno ‘Kaka' continues to play into the hands of the United Arab Emirates supporting the Rapid Support Forces led by Gen Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo ‘Hemeti' (AC Vol 65 No 15 As the civil war threatens the region the UAE boosts Hemeti's militia)...
The Front pour l'Alternance et la Concorde au Tchad led by Mahamat Mahdi Ali has never recovered from its victory in 2021 which resulted in the killing of Kaka's father then-President Idriss Déby Itno (AC Vol 62 No 9 Death on the front line a coup and then an about turn)...
Mahamat Nour Abdel Kerim a well-known Tama leader from the 2000s joined Idriss Déby after Libyan leader Moammar el Gadaffi mediated...
He keeps President Mahamat Idriss Déby ‘Kaka' sweet by allowing the Chadian army to cross the border to protect the cattle herds of its generals in return for which Ndjamena neutralises armed CAR groups attempting to find sanctuary in Chad...