Chad: A Junta in Total Decline – Between Repression, Embezzlement, and Complicit Silence Thursday, September 18, 2025

Jeudi 18 Septembre 2025

Since 2021, Chad has been held hostage by a corrupt military junta that accumulates human rights violations, massive embezzlement, and institutional sabotage.


Since taking power, the head of the military junta has assembled all the ingredients of authoritarian and dictatorial drift. Political violations and repression include: the assassination of Yaya Dillo, the arrest of Succès Masra, the constitutional amendment to cling to power, the revocation of nationality from Makaila Nguebla and Charfadine Galmaye, and the creation of conflicts and tensions such as the one in Miski — all to distract the population.

In terms of corruption, the junta leader is responsible for massive economic embezzlement. According to a source close to Chadian oil operations in Komé-Kribi, the junta chief receives one oil tanker per month, valued at 102 billion FCFA — totaling 1,224 billion FCFA annually. The money is immediately deposited into a BNP Paris bank account before the tanker is authorized to leave port. In three years, President Kaka is said to have amassed 3,672 billion FCFA from oil-related embezzlement. According to an evolving study to be published at the end of September, the junta is responsible for over 26,085 billion FCFA in embezzled funds between 2023 and 2025, with an annual loss of 8,695 billion FCFA.

Yet, no serious development project has been undertaken since the junta came to power. The capital still suffers from dilapidated drainage systems, limited access to electricity, and a deteriorated road network. Worse, the budgets officially allocated to ministries and state institutions are unofficially used by the junta leader to fund frequent trips abroad.

It is time for the international community, African institutions, and Chadian citizens to demand accountability. Silence is no longer an option in the face of a corrupt junta that confiscates the future of an entire people.