Idriss Déby
2 May 2022
France on Monday urged Chad to hold "without delay" landmark national talks with opposition forces that have been postponed indefinitely.
24 May 2021
Without doubt, the death of Chadian President Idriss Deby has created a vacuum and altered the political and security dynamics, not only in Chad but in the troubled Sahel, as well as in West and Central African regions.
30 Apr 2021
The army in Chad said Friday it had killed "several hundred" rebels over two days of fighting in the country's west, where President Idriss Deby Itno suffered mortal wounds at the front line this month.
26 Apr 2021
Field Marshal Idriss Deby Itno created semblance of peace in Chad for over 30 years after proving more acceptable to the Chadians in the midst of their warlords – Felix Malloum...
22 Apr 2021
The death of Chadian President Idriss Deby has been a hefty blow to the anti-jihadist campaign in the Sahel, but especially so for Nigeria, locked in a 12-year-old battle with Boko Haram and Islamic State-allied militants.
21 Apr 2021
Barely a month after the death of Tanzania’s president, John Magufuli, from a heart-related ailment, Africa yesterday lost another of its leaders, Chad’s President Idriss Déby, who died of injuries following clashes with rebels in the north of the country.
20 Apr 2021
Chad's President Idriss Deby Itno has died on the battlefield after three decades in power, the army announced on state television on Tuesday. The shock announcement came only the day after the 68-year-old was proclaimed the winner of a presidential election that had given him a sixth term in office. The army said Deby had…
30 Mar 2021
Sir: The visit of Idriss Deby of Chad to President Muhammadu Buhari could not have come at a better time. We may recall that it was him that personally led Chadian troops sometime last year...
6 Feb 2021
Chadian President Idriss Deby has been a decades-long pillar of support for the West despite criticism over his hardline rule and failure to ease poverty.
18 Apr 2020
A group of 44 suspected members of Boko Haram, arrested during a recent operation against the jihadist group, have been found dead in their prison cell, apparently poisoned, Chad's chief prosecutor announced Saturday.
18 Aug 2019
Chad's President Idriss Deby declared a state of emergency in two eastern provinces on Sunday, authorising summary shootings to "save the majority", after violent intercommunal...
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