In Chad, Idriss Youssouf Boy, a controversial figure on the Chadian political scene, has been appointed chief of staff to the head of state. An appointment that has fueled conversations since Wednesday and that will change the balance within power.
private secretary of Mahamat Idriss Deby since his accession to power, Idriss Youssouf Boy fell out of favor last July when burst a case of embezzlement of several tens of billions of FCFA within the hydrocarbon company of Chad.
Sacked then imprisoned, Idriss Youssouf Boy was quietly acquitted and then released at the end of July. Although without an official function, he had nevertheless found a place with his cousin, the head of state, to whom he is very close.
Since then, he has worked to extend his influence in circles of power. In recent months, videos have been circulating showing Idriss Youssouf Boy at public meetings speaking in Gorane, one of the languages of the great Chadian desert.
Meetings where he publicly says that power today is more in the hands of the Goranes, the ethnic group of Mahamat Idriss Déby’s mother, than Zagawa, the ethnic group of his father, bordering Sudan. Words that made waves within the Zagawa community to which the late Marshal belonged.
With this appointment of Idriss Youssouf Boy at his side, the head of state further strengthens the Gorane influence in the circles of power.