Chad wheeler articles
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Americans go home: Both Niger and Chad yank the welcome mat
The U.S. military presence in Central and West Africa is proving increasingly unwelcome. On Wednesday, the State Department announced that the U.S. would soon begin “an orderly and responsible withdrawal” of its more than 1,000 U.S. service members currently deployed in Niger.” A mere 24 hours later, came reports that the Pentagon will withdraw its 75 Army Special Forces personnel as early as next week from neighboring Chad amid uncertainty about whether Washington’s status of forces agreement...
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Concern about newspaper's suspension, other restrictions, two weeks before elections in Chad
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is alarmed by the growing obstacles that Chad’s authorities are placing in the way of press freedom ahead of presidential elections on 6 May, including suspending a newspaper, preventing another from covering a political rally and banning interactive broadcasts.
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Chad leader tries to step out of his battle-tested father’s shadow
With elections looming, Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno hopes to prove he is worthy of his inherited position amid reports voting will be riggedLast month the Chadian head of state, Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno, announced the release of his autobiography.It was French publisher VA Editions’ second launch in recent months of a title by an African leader in the run-up to a presidential election. In December it had published a memoir by Felix Tshisekedi, the president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo....