The Rise and Fall of Idriss Déby: Chad's No-nonsense Autocratic Leader

On 20 April 2021, news emerged that Idriss Deby, the long-time leader of the country of Chad, had died after he had gone to the front-line to visit his troops that were battling rebels belonging to a group calling itself Fact (the Front for Change and Concord in Chad).

In his 30 years as Chad's president, Idriss Deby emerged as one of Africa's wiliest political survivors, holding on to power through rebellions that reached as far as his palace gates and establishing himself as a key military ally of Western powers.

As a military commander and as president he was feared and people say he had an aura about him that meant they did not want to mess with him. And he never hesitated to crack down whenever there was some kind of threat.

Now that the dust has settled, in this episode of African Biographics, we look at the story of Idriss Deby and how he managed to hold on to power for such a long time.

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Sources:

https://www.sahistory.org.za/place/chad

https://www.africanews.com/202....1/04/20/who-was-chad
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Idriss-Deby

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-56816290

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https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/....04/21/remembering-ch

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https://www.hrw.org/news/2016/....05/03/qa-case-hissen

https://issafrica.org/iss-toda....y/whatever-happened-

https://www.hrw.org/report/201....6/06/28/enabling-dic

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-18927845


https://www.africanews.com/202....1/08/24/who-was-hiss

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https://www.theguardian.com/wo....rld/2008/sep/12/worl

https://issafrica.org/research..../books-and-other-pub


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Mercy by Kai Engel

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