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Tag: Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno
Chad’s high-stake presidential vote marred by ‘threats and violence’, excluded EU-funded observers
As counting began on Monday (6 May) evening in Chad for a presidential election intended to put an end to three-year military rule, the ballot ... Read More
Chad’s court approves Déby and other 9 candidates, bars his key opponents from presidential vote
Chad’s authorities have announced they had cleared 10 candidates, including the country’s interim president and the recently-appointed prime minister, for the long-awaited elections scheduled for ... Read More
France to keep its troops in Chad amid apparent pre-election crackdown on opposition
France has said it will keep its 1,000 troops in junta-run Chad amid waning French influence after it was ousted from several African countries over ... Read More
Chad: Two Ministers including Defense minister step down
Chad’s Ministers of Defense and Bilingualism Promotion respectively Gen. Daoud Yaya Brahim and Haliki Choua Mahamat have tendered in their resignation to the Transitional Prime ... Read More
Chad’s ‘nationalization’ of all Exxon-owned assets disputed by UK’s Savannah Energy
Chad has announced the nationalization of assets of a former subsidiary of US oil and gas giant ExxonMobil in Chad, which comes after the company ... Read More
Chad’s leader elected new Chair of Lake Chad Basin Commission
The Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC) elected Tuesday Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, the President of the Transition Military Council of Chad, as its new Chairman ... Read More
Curfew declared in Chadian towns after least 60 people killed in protests
A nighttime curfew has been declared in four Chadian cities after the military violently repressed banned protests took place on Thursday (20 October), killing at ... Read More
Chad further postpones transition to democracy, agreeing for Deby to stay on
Officials in Chad on Saturday (October 1) extended the transition period towards democratic elections, saying they will keep the head of the military junta Mahamat ... Read More