Article: Chad joins the oil club

Article: Some hope Chad's vote will bring calm. Skeptics abound. Amid ...
The Christian Science Monitor;  May 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Claire Soares Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor N'DJAMENA, CHAD -- Often likened to a desert fox, Chadian President Idriss Deby is proving true to form, refusing to be smoked out of his hole despite Army desertions, unrest within his own clan, and increasingly daring rebel

Article: Chadian rebels urge France to cease supporting President ...
Xinhua News Agency;  April 2, 2008 ;     542 words ... ... rebels urge France to cease supporting President Deby N'DJAMENA, April 2 (Xinhua ... refrain from providing any support to President Deby," Gen. Mahamat Nouri-led rebel ... rebels had nearly succeeded to topple President Deby on Feb. 2 and 3, the French army ...

Article: President Deby returns after a month in Paris to ...
AP Worldstream;  August 9, 2003 ;     349 words ...00-00-0000 Dateline: N'DJAMENA, Chad President Idriss Deby returned to Chad Saturday after a month in Paris during which rumors swirled about his health following a report that he had collapsed during the African Union summit in mid-July. Deby, 51, walked unaided in the pouring rain from his

Article: Partial results show President Deby's party with ...
AP Worldstream;  May 1, 2002 ;     221 words ...00-00-0000 Dateline: N'DJAMENA, Chad Partial results from Chad's April 21 legislative elections show President Idriss Deby's Patriotic Salvation Movement and its allies have obtained 122 of the 155 seats in parliament. The Independent National Electoral Commission issued the results late Tuesday

Article: VOA: CHAD THREATENS TO CUT OIL EXPORTS AS WORLD ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  April 15, 2006 ;     425 words ... ... Darfur violence. Now, President Deby is threatening to shut ... to strong-arm the World Bank into releasing at least ... aid was frozen after President Deby reneged on a previous agreement with the World Bank to use most of the ...

Article: Fueling strife in Chad and Cameroon: the ...
Multinational Monitor;  May 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... crude on to tankers bound for Europe. World Bank funding through both the International ... project costs, Philippe Benoit, the World Bank official who leads project preparation ... consortium will not go forward without World Bank support. World Bank participation ...

Article: Chad : World Bank calls-off Chad oil deal.
TendersInfo;  September 15, 2008 ;     670 words ...Byline: Mamta03 The World Bank has called off its oil pipeline deal ... revenues were to be spent, despite the World Bank urging it not to. The bank retaliated ... governance. At the end of August President Deby had ordered two major foreign oil ...