Idriss Deby accused of fighting an enemy he supported for several years

The Chadian president is presented by the author of the book "Where the Earth is red" as the "pyromaniac firefighter" of Central Africa. He is suspected of wanting to annex northern Cameroon.

When we must talk about the expansion of the Islamist sect Boko Haram, the president of Chad Idriss Déby is indexed. The charge is laid by the french writer Thomas Dietrich, who lived in Central Africa and worked in the administration of the Central African Republic for two years.

Invited to the news on French television TV5 Monde on January 21, 2015, the author of the book "Where the Earth is red" charged Chad after the announcement of his intervention in Cameroon against Boko Haram. "What is most important, is to see that Idris Deby today fights a sect that he supported for several years. He is playing double game today. He is obliged to fight," he believes.

And add: "some speak of Idriss Deby as the pyromaniac fireman in the region. He has replaced Gaddafi".

Thomas Dietrich explained that since 2010, many leaders of Boko Haram have stayed "with impunity", in N'Djamena. They, he said, met with Chadian officials. To prove collusion of the country of Déby with the Islamist sect, it evokes "the Israeli weapons purchased by Chad, which coincidentally are found at the hands of Boko Haram". For him, the fact that Chad is the only country in the subregion spared by Boko Haram is not the result of chance. "What tends to confirm the idea of the deal between Boko Haram and Déby", he says.

The Chadian president is accused of having sent the Seleka mercenaries to invade the Central African Republic and having then plundered a part of this country's mineral resources. On the other hand, Mr. Dietrich thinks that Chad is in Cameroon to ensure his own safety, because it is located about 30 kilometres from the field of action of Boko Haram.

He also believes that for economic reasons, Chad wants to bring northern Cameroonians under him, abandoned according to him by Yaoundé. "Idriss Deby by intervening in Cameroon ensures the security of Chad, and also puts under his influence a region of northern Cameroon which is completely abandoned by the Cameroonian authorities. It is a matter of business.