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An increasing number of asylum seekers are taking advantage of Serbia's visa-free policy to enter the country — but now the Balkan nation is backing down under EU pressure and imposing entry requirements on Burundians.
Following the clamor of World War II, France abandoned its former colonial empire, including Chad. Sixty years on, Chadians say they're suffocating under the rule of President Idris Deby while Paris looks away.
Opinion: France keeps Chad despot Idriss Deby in power In April, Idriss Deby will vie for a sixth term as president of Chad. He could not have remained in power so long without being propped up by the former colonial power, DW's Eric Topona writes. Idriss Deby's reign is safe from domestic dissidents so long as he has backing in Europe With the help of France, on December 1, 1990, Idriss Deby successfully toppled the government of Chadian President Hissene Habre, to whom he had long been loyal. The coup ended one of the bloodiest dictatorships on the African continent. That day, Deby told t...