Economy / Chad
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Chad
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In late December 2006 President Idriss Déby signed a peace accord with one of the rebel factions that tried to topple him earlier in the year. The government said that the two sides agreed to put paid to all military and media activity against each other, to release each other's prisoners and to grant amnesty to fighters from both sides. Although this is one step toward reconciliation, the other key rebel groups dismissed the event and have vowed to continue their onslaught against the regime. Déby's ability to fend off continued attacks depends on his maintaining support from Paris and Washington (and increasingly China), and also the extent to which the army stays loyal to him. As such, the political outlook remains precarious.