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After Déby's death, Paris checks in with the opposition

With the Transitional Military Council (CMT) in the crosshairs since Idriss Déby's death, the Elysée Palace and French foreign ministry have been holding meeting after meeting with the opposition. [...]

Published on 03/05/2021 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Niger
AFD faces uncertain future in Niamey

France's AFD development agency, the last remaining symbol of the country's presence since the 2023 coup, is facing significant issues in Niger. The French ambassador to Niger will also leave his post in the coming months.

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G5 Sahel mulls transfer of joint force HQ to Niamey

Moving the G5 Sahel's joint force's HQs to Niamey was discussed during two separate meetings of the group's member countries' defence and foreign office ministers.

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Chad, France
Emmanuel Macron has renewed contact with Mahamat Idriss Deby

After several weeks of uneasy relations between Paris and N'Djamena, the French president spoke on the telephone with Mahamat Idriss Deby in mid-November. A main topic of conversation was how to get groups which did not sign the Doha peace agreement in August involved again in the national dialogue process.

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Paris boosts support for President Bazoum

The French treasury has approved new budgetary aid of €15m for Niger. Paris is also strengthening its military presence in the country, amid hostility to that presence from several civil organisations.

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Niger's President Mohamed Bazoum with France's Emmanuel Macron in Paris, 12 November 2021.

In Focus | Chad
The unauthorised life story of "Kaka", N'Djamena's new strongman

A halo of mystery surrounds Mahamat Idriss Déby, alias "Kaka", son of Idriss Déby and, since his father's death on 18 April, Chad's new head of state. An official biography has been widely distributed since he came to power but needs to be treated with caution with regard to his age, his education and training and his feats on the battlefield.

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Mahamat Idriss Deby delivering a message at the presidential palace in N'Djamena on 27 April 2021.

Chad
Mahamat Déby's handy African Union contacts

The new leader in N'Djamena, also known by the name "Kaka" - grandmother in Chadian Arabic - can draw on a strong network of well-connected Chadians in the African Union.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 11.05.2021

Chad, Libya
Mahamat Idriss Déby extends an olive branch to Toubou in northern Chad, southern Libya

Mahamat Idriss Déby, the new strongman of N'Djamena, wants to prevent rebel forces forming an alliance with the Toubou tribes whose homeland straddles Chad and Libya.

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Mahamat Idriss Déby (Kaka), son of the late Chadian President Idriss Déby, is the head of the Transitional Military Council.

Chad
Secret talks to place Déby's son "Kaka" under intense international pressure

On the sidelines of Idriss Déby's state funeral on 23 April, the heads of state present in N'Djamena have united to demand new N'Djamena strongman Mahamat Idriss Déby, aka "Kaka", amend the transition charter they deem 'unacceptable'.

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Sahel
After Déby's death, last chance mission in N'Djamena to save G5 Sahel

The death of the Chadian president, who had been at the head of the G5 Sahel since February, has left a leadership vacuum. The group's heads of state are expected to meet in N'Djamena on 22 April to convince the Transitional Military Council to hand the presidency to Burkina Faso.

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Sahel
Déby paves way to take over G5 Sahel leadership

Idriss Déby has set up a task force to steer the G5 Sahel ahead of Chad's assumption of the regional bloc's rotating chair next month, when the country will also host a summit meeting.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 06.01.2021

Chadian President Idriss Déby at the June 2020 G5 Sahel summit in Mauritania.

Spotlight | Africa, France
French top African diplomatic post to change hands

As Rémi Maréchaux prepares to step down as head of the French foreign affairs ministry's Africa and Indian Ocean section, he is set to be replaced by fellow diplomat Christophe Bigot.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 21.04.2020

Rémy Maréchaux, head of the French foreign ministry's Africa and Indian Ocean section.

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Bertrand Cochery
Emmanuel Bonne
Emmanuel Macron
Franck Paris
Front pour l'alternance et la concorde au Tchad
G5 Sahel
Idriss Deby
Mahamat Mahdi Ali
Pahimi Padacké Albert
Presidential Council for Africa
Saleh Kebzabo
Socialist Party
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Union nationale pour le développement et le renouveau

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Secret talks to place Déby's son "Kaka" under intense international pressure

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Chad
After Déby's death, Paris checks in with the opposition

Niger
AFD faces uncertain future in Niamey

Sahel
G5 Sahel mulls transfer of joint force HQ to Niamey

Chad, France
Emmanuel Macron has renewed contact with Mahamat Idriss Deby

Niger
Paris boosts support for President Bazoum

In Focus | Chad
The unauthorised life story of "Kaka", N'Djamena's new strongman

Chad
Mahamat Déby's handy African Union contacts

Chad, Libya
Mahamat Idriss Déby extends an olive branch to Toubou in northern Chad, southern Libya

Chad
Secret talks to place Déby's son "Kaka" under intense international pressure

Sahel
After Déby's death, last chance mission in N'Djamena to save G5 Sahel

Sahel
Déby paves way to take over G5 Sahel leadership

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French top African diplomatic post to change hands