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United States Embassy Ndjamena, Chad
The 2005 Comprehensive Report on U.S. Trade and Investment Policy for sub-Saharan Africa and the Implementation of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), prepared by the Office of the United States Trade Representative and submitted to Congress, indicates that U.S. exports to sub-Saharan Africa increased 25 percent between 2003 and 2004, while U.S. imports from the region increased 88 percent during the same period. (more) ... [Read More]
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Bio - United States Embassy Ndjamena, Chad
Marc M. Wall, a Senior Foreign Service Officer with rank of Minister Counselor, was sworn in by Secretary of State Colin Powell on June 1, 2004 as the U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Chad. Before assuming this position, he had been Director of the Bureau of African Affairs’ Economic Policy Staff, the office in the Department of State responsible for U.S. economic relations with the nations of Sub-Saharan Africa. He has served in the U.S. Embassies in Cote d’Ivoire and Zimbabwe and worked extensively on African issues in the course of several assignments with the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs and as a special assistant to the Under Secretary for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs. ... [Read More]
Chad
COUNTRY DESCRIPTION: Chad is a developing country in north central Africa with one of the lowest per capita incomes in the world. Chad faces challenges in the areas of political stability and economic development. Years of war, drought, and famine have severely damaged the country's institutions and its infrastructure. Facilities for tourism are limited. The capital is N'Djamena. Read the Department of State Background Notes on Chad for additional information. ... [Read More]
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Chad
Chad is a centralized republic dominated by a strong presidency. Despite the country's multiparty system of government, power remains concentrated in the hands of a northern ethnic oligarchy and its allies, resulting in a culture of impunity for a ruling minority. President Idriss Deby, leader of the Patriotic Salvation Movement (MPS), has ruled since taking power in a 1990 rebellion. He was reelected President in 2001; however, fraud, widespread vote rigging, and local irregularities marred that election and the April 2002 legislative elections. On June 25, the President nominated Moussa Faki Mahamat as Prime Minister and 17 new cabinet members; the National Assembly approved the nominations. During the year, the rebel group Movement for Democracy and Justice in Chad (MDJT) lost some of its strength in the northwest Tibesti region, which allowed the Government to regain some control of the territory. The Constitution mandates an i ... [Read More]
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