The Chadian government strictly regulates the carrying of firearms
General view of a street in Ndjamena, Chad, April 21, 2021 © Djimet Wiche / AFP
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The Minister of Public Security, Souleyman Abakar Adam, wants to regulate the circulation of arms in N'Djamena.
In the capital, the settling of scores sometimes involving high-ranking civil or military personalities has increased in recent times.
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It was
the attack
, on an unprecedented scale, that broke the camel's back, explains a security source.
Dozens of vehicles filled with soldiers armed to the teeth storm the home of Ahmat Acyl Khazali, the former education minister and brother of former first lady Hinda Deby, on the night of Wednesday to Thursday .
The minister therefore signed the next day, Thursday, December 9, a decree regulating the carrying of firearms in the Chadian capital.
The hardest part now remains, in the opinion of many rather skeptical Chadians: to make it effective.
Because the ministerial decree wants to be "
very strict
".
With one stated objective: to drastically reduce the circulation of firearms in N'Djamena.
A city where all those who can afford it have at least one, explains a security source.
This text authorizes, on an exceptional basis, the carrying of firearms and only during working hours, to the bodyguards of barely fifty of the country's highest personalities, ranging from the president of the National Transitional Council to the members. government, through the Prime Minister, to which are added those who protect diplomats, generals but also magistrates.
Other authorized groups, "
elements of the Defense and Security Forces on official mission or ordered service
", a total of just over a thousand men, according to our source.
Human rights NGOs rejoice
The CNDH does not hide its satisfaction.
"
If it is really implemented, this measure will be beneficial
", greeted its president, Djidda Oumar Mahamat, stressing the fact that "
it is the first time that there is an order which really regulates and supervises the port. weapons in N'Djamena
”.
But very few Chadians seem to believe it, at least according to the many reactions on social networks.
Some denounce a "
communication operation
", while others believe that "
only the most modest will be targeted, as always when search operations are carried out in N'Djamena
".
On July 16, the authorities
had already launched a campaign
to track down illegally held firearms.
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