28 September, 2021 | Chad, Menas Associates, Sahara
General Mahamat Déby — son of the late President Idriss Déby, and head of the Conseil militaire de Transition (CMT) which took over the country after his father was assassinated in April — clearly believes that Chad is threatened from almost all sides and possibly...
25 May, 2021 | Chad, Menas Associates, Sahara
As Sahara Focus – April 2021 reported, actual events surrounding the 19 April death of Chad’s President Idriss Déby appear to quite different from the official version. According to sources within Chad’s security services, shooting broke out during a meeting attended...
26 April, 2021 | Chad, Menas Associates, Sahara
The death of Chad’s President Idriss Déby threatens to plunge both Chad and the whole Sahel region into even greater insecurity. The circumstances of Déby’s death remain shrouded in mystery. It was announced on state television on 20 April but he died the previous...
17 March, 2021 | Chad, Menas Associates, Sahara
As Sahara Focus – February 2021 reported, Chad is heading inexorably and suffocatingly towards presidential elections on 11 April, which would see President Idriss Déby installed for a sixth term. He continues to be supported by France despite the familiar resignation...
