

President Déby must stop this policy," continued this activist. "This deployment of thousands of Chadian soldiers has nothing to do with Chad. By sending soldiers to Libya he expects Hafter's support to fight against armed opponents (to his government) operating from Libya," the secretary general of the Chadian Convention on Human Rights (Ctddh), Mahamat Nour Ahmat Ibedou, told Efe.

"It is mercenarism that the president is practicing. "The Chadian authorities believe that Haftar is part of the solution to the Libyan problem," as opposed to the militias that support the National Accord Government supported by the UN in Tripoli, the source added.Ī decision, however, criticized by human rights organizations in Chad, which consider that Chadian President Idriss Déby is only pursuing his own interests. Between October 2017 and January 2019, we already sent some 2,500 Chadian soldiers to support Haftar," a senior military commander told Efe on condition of anonymity. "This is not the first time that Chad has agreed to Marshal Khalifa Haftar's request. At least 1,500 Chadian soldiers will be sent to Libya on Saturday as temporary reinforcements to the forces of Marshal Khalifa Hafter, tutor to the unrecognized Executive in the east of the country, sources from the General Staff of the Chadian Army informed Efe today.
