Rethinking Chad

Why rethink Chad? As soon as you mention this name, the idea of war, unrest or anything else that might haunt the mind immediately comes to mind. This reflex is not at all wrong, as Chadians have been tearing each other apart since 1962. This makes Chad one of the African countries that makes daily headlines, sometimes offering the whole world obscene spectacles, macabre images of wars, street grumbling, killings during demonstrations, displaced persons or disaster victims. In the opinion of certain chroniclers, Chad is a unique country in the world, a country of all paradoxes, subject to a democrature. An analysis of Chad's current situation, backed up by a series of questions, is essential: Where does Chad come from, where is it going, why, how, with whom and what will its future be made of? What more is needed for a country like Chad, blessed with all nature's blessings to be prosperous, but whose population languishes in misery? In our opinion, a wise and thrifty elite and a well-educated citizenry are undoubtedly the foundation of a country's happiness and prosperity. This sense is lacking, and therein lies Chad's problem.