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Oct 20, 2023
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Opposition repression will poison Chad reconciliation

Today marks the one-year anniversary of the violent suppression of major opposition demonstrations

Chad

Chadian transitional President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno at the New Global Financing Pact Summit in Paris, June 2023 (Abd Rabbo Ammar/ABACA/Shutterstock)

May 15, 2023
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Wagner's influence in Africa may prove exaggerated

US intelligence leaks have highlighted Western concerns over Russia's Wagner Group mercenary organisation in Africa

Africa

Entrance to the Russian Wagner Group mercenary organisation's headquarters in St. Petersburg (Anatoly Maltsev/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)

Nov 2, 2022
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Chadian government is stepping up repression

Between 50 and 150 people were killed during the repression of protests in late October, and over 2,000 arrested

Chad

Protesters in N'Djamena on October 20 (Uncredited/AP/Shutterstock)