Since last Thursday, many have been wondering why this sudden and brutal decision was taken by Ndjamena just after the visit of the French Minister of Foreign Affairs to Ndjamena, to denounce the defense agreement between the two countries.
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The visit of the Chadian president to France in September and his meeting with Emmanuel Macron seemed to have calmed relations between the two countries, despite the opening of an investigation, first into the costumes of the Chadian president in France, then into the numerous movable and real estate acquired by the Deby family since the time of the father… Mahamat Idriss Deby then saw red…
When the delegation led by the head of French diplomacy arrived in Ndjamena last Thursday, Mahamat Idriss Deby was already irritated by “the lack of cooperation and collaboration of the French army” at the time of a major attack by Boko Haram jihadists on an advanced base of the Chadian army in the Lake Chad region at the end of last October, according to our sources in Ndjamena.
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France would not then have provided information at its disposal, according to our sources, on the movements of the jihadists and would also have “refused” to provide military air support at that time, despite requests from the Chad.
What then happened during the meeting between the Chadian president and the French minister? Nothing that bothers apparently from the French point of view, since Paris has not hidden its surprise by learning from the media the denunciation, on November 28, by Ndjamena of their defense agreementshortly after the departure of his delegation.
Our Chadian sources denounce “the arrogance of the French”. Jean-Noël Barrot would have insisted on the Sudanese question and demanded “neutrality” from Ndjamena, accused of supporting the rebel camp of General Hemedti, despite his denials. At the beginning of November, the Sudan announced that it had filed an official complaint against Chad on Friday before the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights.
And above all, the French Minister of Foreign Affairs would have pleaded for a postponement of legislative and local elections of next December 29 for more inclusiveness, which would have caused Mahamat Idriss Deby to enter “great cold anger”.
The rest…we know it.
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