Deby's son seeks military support

The Transitional Military Council, in power since the death of Idriss Deby, is worried about several Chadian rebel groups active in the Fezzan region of southern Libya. Chad is urgently trying to boost its firepower and wants help from Libya and Niger....

Headlines May 7, 2021 ?  CHAD  _ _ POLITICS  _ _ 07/05/2021  _ _ New masters of N'Djamena seek support against rebel threat The Transitional Military Council, in power since the death of Idriss Deby, is worried about several Chadian rebel groups active in the Fezzan region of southern Libya. Chad is urgently trying to boost its firepower and wants help from Libya and Niger.  [...] READ MORE ? On the same subject  CHAD  _ _ POLITICS  _ _ 20/04/2021  _ _ Chad tries to rush gunships back home from Tbilissi to counter rebel advance As armed insurgents, mobilised since this month's presidential poll, threaten to capture Tebesti in northern Chad, the government is desperate to get back helicopters that have been overhauled in eastern Europe.  [...]  CHAD  _ _ DIPLOMACY  _ _ 14/04/2021  _ _ France considers its options after rebel offensive French security services are keeping a close eye on the offensive launched from southern Libya on 11 April. For the time being, however, the French army does not plan to intervene as it did in 2019.  [...]  LIBYA  _ _ CHAD  _ _ SAHEL  _ _ POLITICS  _ _ 25/06/2020  _ _ Libya's Chadian legion to return home and wreak havoc? Over the last fortnight the Chadian government has been following with concern the situation in neighbouring Libya, where the military setbacks of General Haftar could leave hundreds of Chadian rebels at a loose end and capable of posing a threat to N'Djamena.  [...]  FRANCE  _ _ QATAR  _ _ CHAD  _ _ DIPLOMACY  _ _ 23/09/2019  _ _ Macron manœuvres in secret to save Idriss Deby French foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian is continuing to lobby in favour of the regime of Idriss Deby, a faithful partner of France whose position has been rendered fragile by a changing regional environment. Agents of France's DGSE external intelligence service have even warned off his nephew in Qatar, rebel leader Timan Erdimi.  [...] Get unlimited access to Africa Intelligence's exclusive news SUBSCRIBE ?

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