Situation Report: Resolving the Chadian Political Epilepsy: An Assessment of Intervention Efforts, Chrysantus Ayangafac

Chad’s political economy is littered with the wreckage of failed attempts at
resolving the country’s intractable political crisis. Since independence, Chad has not witnessed any constitutional transfer of power. Its political history is a story of drawn-out conflicts with incidental cessation of hostilities, peace agreements and national elections.2 In reality, these events have merely provided an opportunity for alignment, realignment and, in the process, preparation for the next battle. The attack on N’Djamena in February 2008 might not be the last of these.