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al-jazeera and it's now the biggest stories of the week in the video. analysis and if you. subscribe to the conversation. chad's president is killed while visiting soldiers fighting rebels in the north idrees debbie leaves behind a power vacuum in an already unstable region so what's next for chad and the battle for stability in africa sadly this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm jerome the death of chad's president is throwing the country and its neighbors into disarray idriss deby led with an

authoritarian grip for 30 years and had just won reelection in a disputed poll despite this western nations saw debbie as a crucial ally in africa sad a region the 68 year old was killed while leaving troops near the northern border with libya chad's forces have been battling a rebel group known as fact the army is dissolved the government and appointed debbie son as interim leader this goes against the constitution that's also been scrapped but the military says it will only be in charge for 18 months. left to. the defense and security forces are not seeking to seize power and would like to reassure that the members of the transitional military council will hand over power to a civilian government after a free and democratic elections within 18 months. many of chad's allies have paid tribute to debbie his death could have wider implications for security in the sad chad contributes one of the highest number of troops to the fight against armed groups in the region i met idris reports from nigeria the capital abuja idriss

deby presented himself as a strong leader and that's what he was for he's a life in the west and in africa. this was a team on the battlefront yannick shot last year when his troops food and eventually expelled bokhara in an i said life he hated group. he's death on another battlefront is a huge blow to our allies and the fight against armed groups in this al and else why enough. that i can sense that with the security challenges increasing and who the country may limit or even reduce its participation in external conflict it was reported 3 days ago that debbie before he died was moving units that he had deployed somalia news year back to chad to help defend the capital these are some of his best units so if the current interim government has to keep those units in chad for security purposes. then that would disrupt at least in the short term france's and the broader g. 5. counterterrorism efforts in. and those ripples remain

a threat a father deterioration of security in charge could trigger that would draw all of its troops from regional hospital to bolster security at school this will in turn leave many countries in the sahara and make chad regions more vulnerable to study and troops there played a significant role in stopping arm groups from over and in many communities. chad a country with a history of cool civil war and tribal conflict is battling various rebel groups the latest being the one in which president deby lost his life 'd the group was until a year ago based in libya and was fighting alongside mess in a race on the how do you have to iran a clique one of the reasons that they're coming back into chad right now is because of the peace agreement that was forged under the united nations auspices in libya requiring all foreign armies to leave the country and so they're doing just that they're bringing with them the training and the arms that they gained inside of

libya and they're bringing them to chad. with the region awash with heavy and small weapons some of the libya conflict experts say child and the entire region could see an uptick in violence by rebels in armed groups in coming months western powers considered as a dependable ally and one child the enforcers to continue to play the torch with a new military government having so much to deal with right now there are no guarantees but chardin troops will continue to fight others but also while there is trouble i talk i'm with you greece and you see the picture. all right let's bring in our guests in moscow mahmoud adam bashir chad's ambassador to russia here and will lead my dbil president of the sudan policy forum and an okro gonna emmanuelle kwesi unning director of research at the kofi annan international peacekeeping training center welcome to the program mahmoud let me start with you today how worrying is all of this for chad and what is the level of

concern in the country thank you so much for this opportunity 1st of. allowing thaw give my condolences to the young people and the family of the president has france the head of states african head of states is rather us. or the african people who are shocked that i think. event of the death of the president it is not. a situation of course the deaths of it is that we had no could not even be feel but is still a country will continue. the military council for of transition that transition military council will continue the commitments of. agreements of.

and the running of the state until the elections that a team of course see from your vantage point do you believe that this is going to lead to instability in chad and what would instability in chad mean for the region what i think i certainly do believe that this surprising turn of events ought to have been warned the next it was about some internet to send the popular vote allegedly. and this desk said to would lead to some move bend cendant and ip vows in chad let's not forget that history of political and military history of chad from the seventy's and eighty's and ninety's true. debbie to cuba the role of the supports and the

ethnic groups office and have a great and cuckoo knew a day old role played by libya and now with the down movement of the shrine for change that was far from libya as a spin off to the u.n. that agreement said to leave the domestic challenges in chad whoa continue to wes. mounting a timetable that has been established for an election is not feasible precisely because at that form suffer less chance at a lower level of continuously being suspended excuse is getting so that that narrative from each i mean and now about 10 election and it looks for our timetable i don't think is going to cut as with ordinary people nevertheless. what we are

going to see is that chad's domestic insecurities might possibly contribute to dubbo draw out of china jam troops trum you know a misguided in central africa rip of lake at reduction of the activities in nigeria and in mali. president debbie and i need just to look kids chat precisely because of the toughness of his troops doing that it's a mess that community and i critic i swear i'm not prepared that's just who and to their petition for chad and himself as i said stubborn lies and force in the region if pulling back troops. out of better i'm sorry interrupt you but let me let me get back to you about that point in just a few moments because i want to i want to now go to

a lead and i want to ask him about the fact there's a that's really in control of the narrative is it not and do we know any more specific details about the injuries that president debi sustained that led to his death. i know we're not yet sure. if it is it hasn't been an assassination or is it just an injury that clipped into his this but what we know for sure is is that we are witnessing witnessing the death of the that is strong man or he and the crowd. really getting into the leader who are at the expense of god the law is in his power he is pinned not f.-o. to the ability of. the grand ole bill a civic society in general the supply did all sorts of ethnic and privately be used

and obviously the situation in tight exposes the hypocrisy of the west in particular to fast because france is giving. the b. for support not being there and the heat is an autocrat or who has even i mean we're getting he has been weakening this explicitly he mid north africa of 2 for a transition to democracy and what we see now is just an image that he called the dark and. he he has being making an effort to pass the whole article his son but his son doesn't have the credibility he doesn't have. it is not that what we're we like it or not the be enjoyed he had some goodies but at this. guy he doesn't have any could he's not does he have any experience

aside on military experience he doesn't have any political leverage by which by which he can pull together the chaldean society and needed musician to be mockers mahmud well it was just talking there about president debi son who's been appointed as interim leader let me ask you does president debby's son command enough respect from the military to be able to take on this mantle. first of all before we come to but as a son there is not hypocrisy from france of any country here in china but it turned the one who brought about democracy before him was his own harbury they were not political parties they were not such a thing called civil society there was not a syndicate saw when present day we came here or into free press otherwise

political parties or that i saw an assertion of civil society. dissent the case or for the so sure professional groups so everybody has his. he wanted to create his house his party want to create he has his private the radio or t.v. has his private jordan all. people associated the political parties the national deep u.s. open for all the political parties. organize national conference inclusive national conference way out all from all walks of life but dissipated saw debbie is the one who brought about it he's a one who brought about civil society sort of saying that is his power and his part his force was an expanse of civil society is i think that's not true to come

to his son. mr muhammad it is be his or german or 4 star general and he is. he was in the military promotions orderly and he participated in the in the liberation of mali from the terrorist group and he was the deputy commander of the of that operation so he has it's you was also explores through to the north and part of charge when the operations he liberated the. the north part of china from the from the rebel groups also so he has a very quiet very calm and he was the head of the presidential guard and even in the current opposition where his that were passed away he was there. he was a day on he was part of the opposition saw and he is not alone he has a medical military council the way wife in the 1st place they put forth the

military council him in place because our constitution is a car constitution which was modified in the on consultation basis. last year said that the president has a deputy president or a vice president which you will be appointed by the president the president didn't appoint his vice president yet. that is if the president is not there the mice but is and what their over if the vice president is not there there was a president of the senate there the did this senators center and the senate is not yet put in place in the organization was not the list so there is a vacancy and that's why the at that time where their military direction will shout more yourself mentioned the command would only be oh i'm sorry to interrupt you but yet let me wedlock let me just get back to this point that you're making and in a couple of minutes because i want to actually i want to ask question right now

with regards to the fact that the president's son was appointed to lead the country from your perspective is this unconstitutional. a matter nor the constitutionality of this particular case in terms of the chaldean constitution but i can tell you for a fact there are very few you know there is a very big ones. very few and for him to be admitted to a 4 star general i mean it's just simply ridiculous and it's a reflection of guilt to have to cover awful you know bad behavior office 5 that. has contributed to it to all these sense of used to show no olympics ok and it just said this language used to scenes that kind of made decisions that i've been that will contribute to the east i believe that mystic instability that i do number of

us i worried about you know so well the constitution proper or not i think there's something to tell us out of the experience necessary it's forced i mean is it is simply ridiculous well let me ask you could you tell our audience a little bit about this armed group known as fact do we know what these rebels want . when we know for sure i mean they. i just want to rule the touch bases here on the issue of constitutionality because according to the charging constitution it is the head of the parliament that should have picking lists and been in a period of 45 days for 45 to 60 days. ago an election should be held was which the prison term be assigned to

her so it's definitely ugliness that you should know and it is just got my mind's in the condition of the military seeing the chance again the judge and people who have been just writing to me to transition to democracy for us to saying that. we did the has brought about our democracy i mean this is a system of governance that lacks transparency lacks accountability and and and that is not a technician in governance and mean why why should it take to be more all more than 3 the biggest 2 to assign in vice president is even though this is a hallmark of i think and talk crissy and what i did in his in here i think then. it's not to leave. when you just read. that the clinician of fact and other groups i don't think that they have very well i think unity of the

argument but what is ridiculous is the day they make it very clear to us to the international community that what crime what ethnic group cannot don't we need politics for more than 40 kids in the navy you look at this very thing that i miss culturally and it's and that is their identity of it. so this is very clear and it is very logical. in order then for the child to be is stable it needs more than a strong autocrat that he needs. it means some sort of oath to declare it isn't of democracy it's done the united nations of cygnus and human rights. mahmoud let me ask you this. what do we know currently about the position of these rebel groups throughout the country what is happening with the military fight against these rebel groups right now. first of all love of course i ought to answer to

my 2 colleagues. in awe of her for a start you don't nor a man this young young man. who deserved to be put on wanted for the soda's not of my hero or pacific but disappeared or what you are talking now tut is stabilizing forces in the region he let either let the deputy commander in the in mali in the book or her arm in. and they're not of charge so he guy who was tested and he was a ruling you know and had been raised in bottles that's from from one side the other thing about the president took a city decades to name a vice president actually the child and quinn is jewish and he has you used to have

the prime minister and all this through the kitted there were a prime minister it was just last year that the people and all with just a large open consultation have decided that no no more ways in but as the. prime minister but as the must have always president and also but as there must have only to tell us it was these modifications were introduced and also there should be another house not only the house of the resent it this should be a house of the of the senators and in this house of senators the will will be the assuming did transition when there is not the president is not. available or device but that is not available should be the head of the house and this one is jewish and yes they knew it was just happy as happened last year and it's not yet filled so there is a god and that

a time where. that i was you just asked me this question ramos is attacking you said what the problem was or what mercenaries in in libya as you sensed in the in the beginning of the. of this discussion you mentioned there were other they were fighting with. after they were mercenaries they were paid to do so now that deep with the different factions among themselves and they ask the aldermaston that's to leave leave so they wanted to leave leave or they want to come back to china they don't want to come back they're citizens they want to come back and take power and they want to come back into power and they had all these heavy material son or disservice to get its arms and that's why they and that's. president there be actually there one thing which is good news here sparse the way but he left a unified country and he left a victorious military hero here are probably right about victory he defeated all the forces by himself and then he was injured so. it.

said in the beginning the president's stance will not want to be alone if there is a council and he has had to deal with this there is a council from all of the different military for our forces the people who used to be either the defense ministers former defense minister former chief of staff and if the current chief or star these are the people who are the leading them i mean they are helping him to do the job he's not alone. and i'm not i'm sorry to interrupt you again but we are starting to run out of time so i need to go to a question here how crucial is the chaldean military when it comes to efforts in combating armed groups in the saddle and how large a role do they play. well i think they've been fairly effective. in combat and book around in about you know. mali but also certainly in

the central african republic but debt is disaster for our and it's pressing and extending his rigs now for actually a him to suck out of the. red those in the central africa area a bit something that ordinary people guessed by now i understand where the ambassador is coming from but no this is about a child young people and not about the establishment's affair didn't last. much as i do men's. tending flowing and on base saying i can assure you the people of chad just don't want these empty assurances it will even desert true belief in the i believe. to transform that country it should be about building used to sheen's strength induced each to shoes and then sharing that one need to narrow

down and and intimidating those clips the. access to all that's who it is all right we've run out of time so we're going to have to leave our conversation there thanks so much to all of our guests mom without them to share what he might be able and emmanuel kwesi unning and thank you too for watching you can see this and all of our previous programs again any time by visiting our website al-jazeera dot com and for further discussion go to our facebook page that's facebook dot com forward slash a.j. inside story you can also join the conversation on twitter our handle is at a.j. inside story for me mama jim from the whole team here bye for now. a weekly critique of the stories hitting the headlines the news media have been left to sort through mixed messages on a quite complex story from mainstream to street journalism being made objective is

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