The German government has expelled the ambassador of Chad, Mariam Ali Moussa. According to the Foreign Office, the diplomat must leave Germany within 48 hours.“
In response to the unfounded expulsion of our Ambassador to Chad, we today summoned the Chadian Ambassador in Berlin, Mariam Ali Moussa, and called on her to leave Germany within 48 hours.
Thad had asked Kricke to leave the country for the reasons of what the government said was a “rude attitude” and “lack of respect for diplomatic customs”, and suspected to be the envoy’s criticism of the Chadian government of human rights in the country as it is wracked by protests by civil society.
The head of Chad’s ruling military junta, Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno, took power in the country in April 2021. Before that, his father, the long-time head of state Idriss Déby, had been killed in fighting with rebels.