Dokument #1098020
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Autor)
No information on recent activities of
Mahamat Garfa could be found among the sources consulted by the
Research Directorate.
However, according to a 3 March 1999 RFI
report, Colonel Mahamat Garfa was among 35 officers who were
dismissed by presidential decree, from the Chadian national
army.
This Response was prepared after
researching publicly accessible information currently available to
the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is
not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any
particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the
list of additional sources consulted in researching this
Information Request.
Reference
Radio France International (RFI). 1
March 1999. "President Deby Dismisses 35 Army Officers." (BBC
Summary 3 Mar. 1999/NEXIS)
Additional Sources Consulted
Africa Confidential [London].
1998-April 1999.
Africa Research Bulletin
[London]. 1998.
L'Autre Afrique [Paris]. June
1998-April 1999.
Jeune Afrique [Paris]. 1998-May
1999.
Keesing's Record of World
Events [Cambridge]. 1998 to present.
La Lettre hebdomadaire de la
FIDH [Paris]. 1998 to present.
Resource Centre country file. Chad. 1998
to present.
West Africa [London]. 1998.
Electronic sources: Internet, IRB
databases, LEXIS/NEXIS, World News Connection (WNC).