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The name Idris conjures up images of a tall, dark and debonair Englishman. Or a sungura artist.
Unless you’re from Chad, where the name is enough to make you recoil in fear as it belongs to iron-fisted leader since 1990, Idriss Deby.
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Unless you’re from Chad, where the name is enough to make you recoil in fear as it belongs to iron-fisted leader since 1990, Idriss Deby.
A thread.
#KnowYourDictators
1. Chad🇹🇩 became independent of France in 1960, but in true democratic style there has never been a change to the Presidency by an election, only succession by capture the flag; the incumbent is killed and the successor tries to hold power for as long as he (its always HE) can.
Debz was born in a village in northern Chad, pretty much the armpit of the country.
To make it worse his father was a poor herder of the Zaghawa community. Why this is relevant will become clear later.
To make it worse his father was a poor herder of the Zaghawa community. Why this is relevant will become clear later.
