No reports on a youth wing of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) could be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.

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 see the list of sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

Africa Confidential [London]. 1997-1998. Vols. 38-39. Nos. 1-25.

Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social, and Cultural Series [Oxford]. 1997-1998. Nos. 1-12.

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1997. 1998. United States Department of State. Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office.

Political Handbook of the World 1998. 1998. Edited by Arthur S. Banks. Binghamton, NY: CSA Publications.

Resource Centre. Country File. Chad. 1997-1998.

West Africa [London]. November 1997-January 1999. Nos. 4172-4200.

Electronic sources: IRB Databases, LEXIS/NEXIS, Internet, REFWORLD, World News Connection (WNC).

Unsuccessful attempts to reach oral sources