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Chad has named several former rebels to ministerial posts in its new national unity government, which was formed on Friday and will lead the country for the next two years until elections. ... | October 15, 2022

For Cairo, Qatar had been part of an “axis of evil,” with anger directed at Al Jazeera, the main Qatari outlet, and others critical of Egypt after the Muslim Brotherhood ouster. But the vitriol is now gone, with the first ever visit by Egyptian President al-Sisi to Doha.

N’DJAMENA: A jailed Chadian rebel has been pardoned by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and released from prison, his brother and Chad’s government have said. Tom Erdimi, twin brother of Union of Resistance Forces (UFR) leader Timan Erdimi, was released on Tuesday after several months’ imprisonment in Egypt. He should return to Chad “at the end of the week,” his brother

The release comes on the heels of a pre-negotiation parley held in Doha by Qatar, Chad and more than 300 rebel groups.

Tom Erdini a été libéré après plusieurs mois de prison. Selon son frère, chef du groupe armé de l’UFR, il sera de retour au Tchad « en fin de semaine ».

After several months in an Egyptian prison, Tom Erdimi, a Chadian rebel and nephew of former president Idriss Deby Itno, was pardoned and released.

A Chadian rebel imprisoned for several months in Egypt has been pardoned by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi before being released, his brother and the Chadian government told AFP on Wednesday.

The fate of Tom Erdimi, one of the leading opponents of the Déby family who has been imprisoned for over a year in Egypt, is a source of concern to parts of the Zaghawa community in NDjamena.

Chad's military-led government on Monday decreed an amnesty for nearly 300 rebels and political dissidents, meeting a key demand by opposition groups invited to join a forum on the troubled country's…

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