Idriss Deby: Warlord in Chad's elusive peace

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Idriss Deby: Warlord in Chad’s elusive peace
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By Owei Lakemfa
THE last time I was in Chad was in 2014. In its capital, N’Djamena, I couldn’t resist the feeling that I was in a big rural village. Many of the side streets I went, were either un-tarred or in need of some repair and in some cases, water logged.
Desperation was written on many faces as poverty played widely popular football marches on the streets. One day, one of my hosts came to pick me. Not far from  the hotel gates, he pointed at what looked like a road tunnel and asked me if I knew what it was. He claimed it is a tunnel built by a Western power which can take  its citizens, diplomats military directly to the airport in case of fighting in the streets of N’Djamena.

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