African union commission Chairman Mousa Faki Mahamat just happened to be in Chad when a president who just won a questionable re-election to rule for another term after 31 years in power happened to lead an army on a battlefield to fight rebels.
Faki left Addis Ababa to N’Djamena under the pretext of catching a charter flight to Tripoli to engage stakeholders in the upcoming Libyan elections. This despite the fact that air traffic between Addis Ababa provides more flight options than between N’Djamena and Tripoli.
The Chadian military has announced that Deby’s son Mahamat Deby will succeed his father for 18 months before another election is held, but interestingly, DNT can report that the AU “is involved” in negotiations to prevent that from happening.
Asked if she thinks Faki is happy with hhis current position as AU Commission Chairman, and would not be interested in the leadership in Chad, DNT’s source opined that in his second term at the AU Commission, there is a clear end of the road, but in Chad, Faki can lead for much longer given the country’s history of leadership.
Faki was the leader of one of the factions that opposed Deby’s rule before he became the top diplomat of the continent.
Meanwhile the rebels are reported to be gaining ground and have vowed to remove Deby’s son from power. They appear stronger because they enjoy the support of the Russians.
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