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CHAD: Consolidating Gains

Security Sector Reform Recommendations to the Government of Chad
 

March 2010                                                                                                               Full Text

By N. Losson

SUMMARY

The Government of Chad’s (GOC) request not to renew MINURCAT’s mandate opens up opportunities, as the UN Mission develops its exit strategy, to re-invigorate Security Sector Reforms. While progress in Chad has been noted, impunity and lawlessness in eastern Chad continue. The GOC can help improve security for all its citizens by:

  • Implementing national security sector reforms
  • Developing a comprehensive strategy to secure eastern Chad
  • Linking security sector reforms to justice system reforms
  • Opening Chad’s democratic space 


CHAD: Gasping for Change 

November 2009

By N. Losson

 

In May 2009, after the defeat of the “Union des Forces de la Resistance” (UFR) by the Chadian National Army (ANT), the political climate and power balance changed drastically in favor of N’Djamena. Despite this military defeat, it appeared that the armed opposition had nonetheless achieved a political victory. The international community, previously unwavering in their refusal to negotiate with Chadian Armed Opposition Groups (CAOG), initiated exploratory missions to identify the political platform of the rebels... Read more 

CHAD: The U.S. can Set the Tone

July 2009

By N. Losson

 

Peace-building in fragile States is a challenge recognized universally as amongst the most complex the international community and this administration will have to face. Chad, for example, ranks at the bottom of corruption indices and most development indicators. The U.S. Department of State 2008 Human Rights Report on Chad documents grievous human rights violations by the GOC and the 2009 Trafficking in Persons Report lists Chad as a Tier 3 country... Read more

 

March 2009: "Policy Recommendations for further E.U. engagement in Chad" 

Progress in many development sectors in Chad continues to be impeded by the country’s persistent political instability. Failure to fully implement Article 8 and Article 11 of the Cotonou Agreement and address those elements that contribute to the destabilization of Chad has interfered with the European Union’s efforts to maintain and consolidate a stable and democratic political environment. Efforts to engender a “national” dialogue have thus far focused solely on electoral reforms (13 August 2007 agreement), short-cutting the process which could have brought about the development of a comprehensive and integrated peace-building policy and a conflict prevention strategy targeting the root-causes of instability in Chad... Read more

 

Recommendations to President Barack Obama for a new U.S. Government strategy in Chad

December 2008 (WASHINGTON): Analysts, policy makers and experts are now accepting that the conflicts in Chad and Sudan have mutually reinforcing dynamics. Chad’s internal political instability is having devastating consequences on the peace processes in Sudan and the Central African Republic (CAR). A new U.S. Government strategy must be created to stabilize Chad and bring to an end the continued degradation of conditions in the region... Read more

 

September 2008 (NEW YORK): Recommendations for a broader UN mandate in Chad

The renewal of MINURCAT’s mandate this September presents some new opportunities to address the internal Chadian conflict and develop a comprehensive strategy for long-term regional stability.

The following recommendations seek to give the U.N. the mandate to address the issues intrinsic to the Chadian crisis and help restore peace in a region torn by decades of war.

 

TOP-10 Reasons why Chad needs an Inclusive National Dialogue

by N. Losson and Dr. D. Adoum, PhD

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July 2008 (WASHINGTON): Plagued by years of instability, Chad’s internal conflict continues to have devastating consequences on the region. Poor governance, corruption, human rights violations, unilateral changes to the constitution and mismanagement of oil revenues are driving the current rebellion and affecting patterns of violence in eastern Chad as well as interfering with the peace process in Sudan.

The following are 10 reasons why Chadians are calling for an inclusive national dialogue (with the armed and unarmed opposition) to discuss the root causes of instability in Chad and create a viable road map for sustainable peace in the region... Read more

 

Research and Analysis:

"It is estimated that arms imports by Chad were five times higher in 2004–2008 than in 1999–2003. The rebel forces in Chad have obtained weapons from the Sudanese Government and from the large pool of weapons available throughout the region, although accurate information is scarce, especially about transfers of small arms and light weapons."

 

"This situation report analyses and presents an update on the domestic and international responses to the Chadian crisis. It concludes that though the current policy approach is certainly not a panacea to the Chadian crisis, it is a good starting point. Whilst the present policy approach suffers from some content and design flaws, the principal challenges and problems facing the current peace efforts are piecemeal implementation and the absence of a coordinated and integrated mechanism to ensure implementation, monitoring and evaluation. Moreover, one cannot discount the near absence of political will from the international community (African Union – AU, US, France, China, Libya and Sudan) to pressure Déby and the rebels to address "les questions qui fâchent."
 

"The contention that the Darfurian conflict is being "exported" to eastern Chad via janjawed militia has received widespread coverage. However, this is a dangerous oversimplification of the ethnic and political dynamics of the region, and most especially neglects the importance of the political crisis in Chad..."

 

"The unfolding of a regional crisis in Darfur, Chad and the Central African Republic, which has long been fear, is now a reality. While it is widely acknowledged that a regional appoach to these conflicts is required, the complex logics this system of conflicts have not received adequate attention."

 

"As the Iraq debacle may be said to show, to impose a peace settlement and democratic government institutions on a state and people after a war does not, by itself, work. What is needed is a much deeper understanding by the parties to the conflict that they have shared interests, a common vision and must learn to work together in collaboration with one another."

 

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