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Idriss Déby Idriss Déby
Name: General Idriss Déby Itno
Position: President of Chad, 1990-Present.
Political Affiliation: Head of the Patriotic Salvation Movement
Career: Déby came to power after overthrowing President Hissène Habré in December 1990.
Tribe: Bidyat clan of the Zaghawa ethnic group
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- Saturday 21 January 2012
January 20, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese capital Khartoum was preoccupied on Friday by the wedding ceremony of Chad’s President Idriss Deby, and daughter of Sudan’s Janjaweed militia leader, Musa Hilal, which took place at a top hotel (...)
- Friday 15 February 2013
February 14, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – Sudanese president Omer Hassan al-Bashir will fly to Chad on Friday to attend the Community of Sahel-Saharan (CEN-SAD) summit, state media reported. Chad president Idriss Deby walks with Sudan’s president (...)
- Friday 8 February 2013
February 7, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – Qatar will fund the construction of a road connecting Sudan and landlocked neighbouring Chad, president Omer Al-Bashir announced following a meeting with his Chadian counterpart Idris Deby in Khartoum on (...)
- Thursday 29 December 2005
Dec 29, 2005 (KHARTOUM) — Human rights groups and opponents of the Sudanese government charge that the hosting of next month’s African summit by Khartoum offers undue reward to a regime accused of genocide in Darfur.
The most strident (...)
- Wednesday 15 February 2012
February 14, 2012 (KHARTOUM) —The head of the hybrid peacekeeping operation in Darfur, United Nations - African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) Ibrahim Gambari, rejected recent criticisms directed against him for an encounter with the (...)
- Thursday 9 February 2012
February 8, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese President Omer al-Bashir has accused foreign groups of profiting from the crisis in Darfur, vowing to fully implement a deal aimed at ending years of insurgency and dependency on aid in his (...)
- Thursday 8 July 2004
ADDIS ABABA, July 8 (AFP) — The presidents of Sudan, Chad, Nigeria and South Africa began meeting in the Ethiopian capital Thursday to discuss the crisis in Sudan’s western region of Darfur.
Joining Sudan’s Omar el-Beshir and Chad’s (...)
- Friday 26 October 2012
October 26, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — Chadian President Idris Deby discussed peace Thursday with the leadership of the rebel Justice and Equality Movement – military council (JEM-MC) which signed a cessation of hostilities and good will (...)
- Thursday 30 August 2012
August 29, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — The Sudan Liberation Movement led by Abdel Wahid Al-Nur (SLM-AW) has urged the UN chief to appoint a neutral and open minded new special representative to lead the joint peacekeeping mission in Darfur (...)
- Saturday 16 March 2013
March 15, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the Chadian government to arrest Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir of Sudan or bar him from entering Chad. Chad’s president Idriss Deby (R) shakes hands with his (...)
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