Idriss Deby News

N'DJAMENA - Chad has charged four allies of the country's former president with human rights abuses and issued warrants for their arrest, a senior government source said on Friday.

File photo: Chadian soldiers patrol the streets of Gao, in northern Mali. A sixth French soldier has been killed in Mali amid security operations there.

Chad emerges as African power broker as France steps back * Steps into void left by weakness of traditional powers * France seeks ally as it seeks to disengage from region PARIS/DAKAR: Chad's President Idriss Deby, a survivor of countless rebellions, has stepped into a void left by Africa's traditional heavyweights and turned his desert... Search ... (more)

Chad's President Idriss Deby, a survivor of countless rebellions, has stepped into a void left by Africa's traditional heavyweights and turned his desert nation into a powerbroker as France disengages from its former colonies.

Chadian authorities have arrested two senior generals and a member of parliament allied to President Idriss Deby on suspicion of involvement in a foiled coup plot.

Security forces in Chad foiled a coup against the government of President Idriss Deby that had been in preparation for several months, the West African desert nation's communications minister announced late on Wednesday.

Chad's President Idriss Deby said on Saturday that Chadian mercenaries had set up a training camp in neighbouring Libya from where they could seek to destabilise his country, an accusation Libyan authorities denied.

Mali's interim President Dioncounda Traore poses for a photo with Mali's troops during his visit to their base in the town of Nara, 375 km from Bamako April 13, 2013.

Leaders from the Economic Community of Central African States have begged President Jacob Zuma to redeploy troops to the Central African Republic.

Chad's president announced the withdrawal of his country's troops stationed in northern Mali.

President Deby of Chad's announcement earlier this week that he was planning to withdraw his troops from northern Mali came as a surprise to many, but in the world of Chadian politics unexpected decisions pushed through by the President are more familiar.