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Chad's long road to independence
13.09.2010 - Aljazeera

Fifty years after it gained its freedom from France, some say Chad is being subjected to a new form of colonialism.

On August 11, 1960, Chad gained its independence from France. But the post-independence euphoria was short-lived as Francois Tombalbaye, the country's president, proved to be an autocratic leader. Almost immediately he banned all political parties - paving the way for nearly 40 years of civil war. "Since then each regime that rose to power has had to live with this democratic violence. To this day we can't get rid of it," Saleh Kebzabo, the head of opposition in the National Assembly of Chad, says. The cycle of violence continued after Tombalbaye's death and was often inflamed by Chad's neighbours ... mehr

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