Tag: Chad
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About 50 people killed in Chad protests – Official
About 50 people were killed and nearly 300 injured in violence that broke out in Chad on Thursday as hundreds took to the streets to demand a quicker transition to democratic rule. Prime Minister Saleh Kebzabo, who gave the death toll at a news conference, said the government was still compiling casualties from what he…
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Chad’s ex-President, convicted of war crimes, dies in Senegal
Chad’s former President Hissene Habre, an ally of the West during the Cold War, who was later jailed for war crimes and crimes against humanity, is dead. Spokesperson for the Senegalese Justice Ministry disclosed this on Tuesday. Habre fled to Senegal after being ousted in a 1990 coup. In 2016, he was sentenced to life…
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Buhari appoints Kingibe Special Envoy
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Ambassador Babagana Kingibe as Special Envoy to Chad and the Lake Chad Basin region. A statement signed by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, on Monday stated that the appointment is in consonance with the resolution of the Extraordinary Summit of Heads of…
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The beatification of a coup plotter – Owei Lakemfa
By Owei Lakemfa Mahamat Idriss Deby, 37, bedecked in the military fatigue of a four star general spotting a red beret and some decoration on his chest, was seen at the Nigeria Aso Rock Presidential Villa on Friday, May 14, 2021. He had at least two other four star generals in similar fatigue in red…
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We’ll return to democratic rule in 18 months, Chad’s new leader, Mahamat Deby assures Buhari
The Chadian Transitional Military Council has reassured the global community that the country would be returned to civilian rule within 18 months. This was just as President Muhammadu Buhari assured of Nigeria’s readiness to assist the Chad Republic in its transition programme to return the country to constitutional rule within the set target period. According…
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Photo: Buhari hosts slain Chadian leader’s son, Gen Mahamat Deby In Abuja, says ‘Nigeria will help in all ways we can’
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured the Chadian Transitional Leader that Nigeria will assist the Republic of Chad to stabilise, and return to constitutional order. The President stated this on Friday at State House, Abuja, while hosting Lt. Gen. Mahamat Idris Deby Itno, the President, Transitional Military Council of Chad. “We are bound together by culture…
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Idriss Deby: Chad military council names Transition Government, lifts curfew
The military council that took power in Chad last month after the shock death of veteran leader Idriss Deby has named a transitional government, the army spokesman said. Deby’s 37-year-old son Mahamat, who took the helm of the so-called “Transitional Military Council (CMT)”, named a government on Sunday comprising 40 ministers and deputy ministers and…
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Lessons from Chad – Dakuku Petersdide
by Dakuku Peterside On Monday 19th April 2021, the world woke up to the news that the long-serving President of the Republic of Chad, Idriss Deby , had died. His death marked the end of an inglorious chapter in the history of political leadership in Africa and left loads of lessons for Africa and her…
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Idriss Deby: Warlord in Chad’s elusive peace, By Owei Lakemfa
By Owei Lakemfa THE last time I was in Chad was in 2014. In its capital, N’Djamena, I couldn’t resist the feeling that I was in a big rural village. Many of the side streets I went, were either un-tarred or in need of some repair and in some cases, water logged. Desperation was…
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France will fight you, Macron tells Chadian rebels
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that his country will not allow anyone to threaten the stability of Chad. Macron spoke in N’djamena in a tribute to late President Idriss Deby Itno who was killed on the battle front by Chadian rebels on Monday. The rebels had doubled down by threatening to invade N’djamena.…