Chad’s former President Idriss Déby Itno succumbed to injuries and died on 20 April 2021 while visiting military troops on the frontlines as the rebels were advancing into Chad from southern Libya. The Libyan-based rebel group namely, Front for Change and Concord in Chad (FACT), had been waging a persistent battle against Déby’s autocratic regime since 2016. In fact, with Sudanese support, as the head of the Patriotic Salvation Movement, Déby had taken over as President of Chad after overthrowing the brutal dictatorship of Hissène Habré in December 1990. With Déby’s demise, a more than three decades old regime has ended in Chad. States in Africa have had a history of autocratic regimes that worked for longer durations. During the last decade, like Déby, Muammar Gadaffi (1969-2011) of Libya, Robert Mugabe (1980-2017) of Zimbabwe, and Al Bashir (1989-2019) of Sudan had also controlled their respective states with an iron hand for decades.
May 7, 2021
The International Democrat Union has condemned the attack on Mohamed Anni Nasheed, Speaker of the Parliament and former President of the Maldives. President Nasheed was injured in an explosion during a targeted terrorist attack on the evening of May 5, 2021.
IDU Chairman, the Rt. Hon. Stephen Harper said, “This assault is an attack on the country’s democracy. President Nasheed was the first democratically elected president of the Maldives, and he is a tireless fighter for freedom, democracy, and the rule of law.”
The IDU also expressed its best wishes for Anni and the medical team looking after him, and we very much hope that he will make a speedy recovery from his injuries.
Ironically, with the annual World Press Freedom Day on April 26, many commentors also warn about the increased dangers for journalists covering the conflict.
Setara Institute for Peace and Democracy chairperson Hendardi has criticised the government’s move against “armed criminal groups” in Papua, or “KKB”, as the Free Papua Movement (OPM) armed wing is described by military authorities.
The move to designate them as terrorists is seen as a short-cut and an expression of the government’s “desperation” in dealing with the Papuan struggle for independence.
“The labeling of resistance groups in Papua will not break the long and recurring cycle of violence,” Hendardi said, according to a report in
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The opposition benches were left empty for most of question time on Thursday after Labor MPs followed their leader Jodi McKay out of the chamber when she was expelled from the NSW lower house.
In the latest chaotic scenes to erupt at State Parliament this week, Labor walked out en masse after Speaker Jonathan OâDea kicked Ms McKay out of the house after she refused to follow his orders.
The moment the opposition walked out of NSW Parliament following Labor Leader Jodi McKayâs expulsion from the chamber.
The spectacle in the lower house followed an extraordinary display in the Parliamentâs upper house on Tuesday night, when chaos erupted over the election of a new president.
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