DISPATCHES
Alone among the Sahel's military rulers Kaka was invited to United States President Joe Biden's African leaders summit last December (AC Vol 64 No 23 Presidents Mahamat Kaka and Macron meet on security threats)...
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But may be more of a way for opposition to Mahamat Kaka to prove its power among the Zaghawa in Chad...
Yaya Dillo is a nephew of Timan Erdimi who is today a leading Zaghawa opponent of Mahamat Kaka's plan to stand as a presidential candidate...
Seen from Ndjamena today solidarity with Zaghawa in Darfur is understood as supporting the opposition to Mahamat Kaka...
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Vol 64 No 23 |
- CHAD
- FRANCE
The presence of a senior security official from the United Arab Emirates at some of Mahamat Kaka's meetings in Paris points to Abu Dhabi's growing role in the region and the convergence of its views and those of top French officials...
President Mahamat Kaka landed in Paris on 17 October meeting President Emmanuel Macron on the following day and visited the new Headquarters of the Direction générale de la sécurité extérieur (DGSE) on 19 October before flying back to Ndjamena...
Timane Erdimi a close relative of Mahamat Kaka and a leading figure in the rebellions in the 2000s warned the Chad government about the risks caused by delays in the reconciliation process...
We hear that Mahamat Kaka was unmoved by these questions...
In Chad Mahamat Déby Itno replaced his father President Idriss Déby Itno who was killed at battle in 2021...
SLM leader Minni Arkou Minnawi travelled to Ndjamena and Amdjarass (the village where Idriss Déby was born) to meet Mahamat Kaka in early June...
Touadéra met Macron after being introduced by Mahamat Kaka at President Ali Bongo Ondimba's presidential palace...