Chad’s interim president, Mahamat Idriss Deby, has launched his campaign for next month’s presidential elections, pledging to boost security and the economy and end 3-year military rule.

During a rally in the capital N’Djamena, Déby stressed the importance of strengthening internal security to ensure peace and stability and stated that they “have reached the last turn on the road to constitutional return.”

Chadian experts stressed that the presidential elections represent a necessary step to cross from the transitional phase to a new political situation, especially with economic, security and political challenges.

The elections are due to take place on May 6, after extending the transition period by more than three years, despite the interim president’s pledge to hold the elections during an 18-month transition period.
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The government of Chad sent a letter to the United States, threatening to cancel the agreement on the presence of the American troops on the country’s territory.

Sources told CNN that the letter was addressed to the U.S. military attaché in Chad last week.

According to U.S. officials, the letter did not include a direct demand for the departure of U.S. troops but threatened to cancel the status-of-forces agreement that sets out the conditions for the presence of U.S. troops at a French military base in the capital, N’Djamena.

The sources pointed out that the letter singled out the special operations working group located at the aforementioned military base.

CNN sources confirmed that the letter was from Chadian Air Force Chief of Staff Idriss Amin, and that it was not sent through official diplomatic channels.
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Chad’s National Electoral Management Agency (ANEM) announced that transitional President Mohamed Idriss Deby Itno won the May 6 presidential elections with 61% of the vote.

Deby far exceeded the 50 percent threshold needed to avoid a second round, the agency said, adding that prime minister and main opposition candidate Succès Masra, 40, had won 18.53 percent of the vote.

Born in 1984 in the capital N’Djamena, Mohamed Idriss Deby Itno belongs to the Zaghawa tribe, which represents a small percentage of Chad’s population, and is best known by the nickname “Mohamed Kaka” or “grandmother”, a nickname that refers to his paternal grandmother who raised him.

His father is former President Idriss Deby, who ruled Chad for three decades before being assassinated in April 2021 by rebels.

Mohamed Idriss Deby Itno has been married three times and has five children with his first wife, whom he married in 2010, the daughter of former Central African minister Abbacar Saboun, and his second wife was from the Zaghawa tribe, to which his father belongs.

His third wife, Dahbaya Omar Soni, from Goran and the daughter of an army general, worked as a journalist before being appointed presidential public relations director in 2019.

Deby studied at local schools in Chad, then enrolled in the group of joint military schools, before travelling to France to take a three-month training course at the military high school in the Aix-en-Provence region.
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A number of people were killed and injured during celebrations following the announcement of Chadian President Mohamed Idriss Deby as the winner.

According to Chadian sources, eight people were killed and 68 injured as a result of stray gunfire by soldiers and supporters of President Mohamed Deby during the celebrations.

The capital N’Djamena and the southern city of Mundo have seen large security and military reinforcements in anticipation of possible violence after opposition Prime Minister and losing candidate Succès Masra called for protests.

At night, gunshots were heard in N’Djamena after the electoral authority declared Deby the winner of 61.3% in the May 6 vote.
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The President of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed Menfi, arrived in the capital, N’Djamena, on Wednesday, where he was received at Hassan Jamous International Airport by the President of the Republic of Chad, Mohamed Idriss Deby.

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At the beginning of the meeting, according to the Council’s Media Office, the exiled President congratulated President Dubai on his victory in the presidential elections that took place in Chad at the beginning of this month, stressing the depth of the relationship between the two brotherly African countries.

President Deby praised the exiled president’s visit to Chad to offer congratulations on the success of the presidential elections, expressing the depth of the historical relationship between the two countries, and wishing him success in bringing the state of Libya to a stage of stability through free and transparent elections in which all Libyans participate, stressing the continuation of consultation between them in all regional and international forums. .
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Chadian sources spoke on Sunday about an upcoming visit by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to the Chadian capital, N’Djamena.

France’s last military base on the African coast is located in N’Djamena after its withdrawal from other countries such as Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger.

The sources reported that arrangements are being made to receive the Russian Foreign Minister next Wednesday, as Lavrov will be the first official at this level to visit Chad after the formation of his new government and the inauguration of the new president.

For its part, Russia offered assistance to the countries of the African continent in combating terrorism, and former Chadian Foreign Minister Mohamed Salih Nazif submitted a request to Moscow to submit specific proposals in this regard.
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The Chadian capital, N’Djamena, witnessed an accident on Tuesday evening, as a fire broke out in an army ammunition depot, resulting in a series of explosions.

Chadian Foreign Minister Abderrahmane Gholamallah confirmed that the accident claimed the life of at least one person and injured others.

Eyewitnesses in the surrounding areas reported that they saw three injured people in the street, and two of them were transported to the hospital using motorcycles.

Pictures of empty artillery shells falling on homes appeared in local media, sparking panic among residents.
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The Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs suddenly summoned its ambassador to Chad, Othman Muhammad Yunus, to the ministry’s headquarters in the temporary administrative capital of Port Sudan, according to what the “Sudanese” newspaper reported.

In July 2022, the Chairman of the Sovereignty Council and Commander-in-Chief of the Army, Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, appointed five retired police and army officers to ambassadorial positions at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, including Ambassador Younis.

The Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs is being criticized by some observers who see weakness in the performance of some of its ambassadors, especially in important positions.
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Press reports revealed Chad’s request to hold a dialogue with Sudan, starting at the level of the intelligence services in the two countries and then moving to the presidential level, in an attempt to calm diplomatic tensions between the two countries.

This move comes after the Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs suddenly summoned the Sudanese ambassador to Chad, Othman Muhammad Yunus, to the ministry’s headquarters in the interim administrative capital of Port Sudan, according to Al-Sudani newspaper.

The Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs is suffering from severe criticism because of what some observers consider a weakness in the performance of some of its ambassadors, especially in important positions.
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The Joint Disarmament Commission in Chad announced its success in seizing 3,094 firearms between May 2023 and July 2024, as part of its efforts to combat the flow of weapons from neighboring countries, including Libya.

General Tahir Yusuf Bui, the Authority’s coordinator, confirmed in a statement to local media on Sunday that the Authority faces great challenges due to the influx of weapons from neighboring countries witnessing conflicts, which calls for the need to strengthen disarmament efforts.

The general explained that the seized weapons were found in N’Djamena and in the provinces, and along the borders with neighboring countries such as Libya, Sudan, and the Central African Republic.
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