Chad Changes Anti-Corruption Agency Leadership Amid Dispute With State Oil Company | CUAC

CUAC – News Monitoring Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno has reshuffled the senior leadership of the country's anti-corruption agency following a dispute involving the state-owned oil company, Société des Hydrocarbures du Tchad (SHT), according to Reuters. The leadership changes came just days after the agency announced that several of its inspectors had been detained and assaulted while conducting an audit of the state-owned company's operations. The inspection included requests for documents related to oil sales revenues and crude oil invoices. The decision to replace the agency's officials has raised questions about the future of ongoing audits and corruption investigations linked to Chad's oil sector, which remains a crucial pillar of the country's economy. The presidential decree announcing the new appointments did not provide an official explanation for the leadership changes. As a result, it remains unclear whether the decision was directly related to the oil-sector investigation, although it followed the dispute between the anti-corruption agency and the state-owned oil company. Source: Reuters