23 “HOPE IS THE LAST THING TO VANISH”

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. FOREWORD xi
4. PROLOGUE 1
5. PART I. HISSÈNE HABRÉ, AN “AFRICAN PINOCHET”
6. 1 SOULEYMANE GUENGUENG 9
7. 2 HISSÈNE HABRÉ 18
8. 3 THE PINOCHET PRECEDENT 27
9. 4 A PRESIDENT CAN BE PROSECUTED 38
10. PART II. BUILDING THE CASE
11. 5 POLITICS ENTERS THE PICTURE 45
12. 6 THE TERROR FILES 58
13. 7 A GRENADE ATTACK 69
14. 8 JUSTICE COMES TO CHAD 73
15. 9 A BANANA REPUBLIC? 80
16. 10 REED BRODY’S SCHEDULE 87
17. 11 HABRÉ IS INDICTED, AGAIN 91
18. 12 THE CALIPH 94
19. 13 A SENEGALESE MERCHANT 99
20. 14 “REED BLOODY, A HATEFUL JEW” 101
21. 15 HABRÉMANIA 105
22. 16 HABRÉCADABRA 108
23. 17 THE TRADE UNION OF HEADS OF STATE 113
24. 18 “ON BEHALF OF AFRICA” 117
25. PART III. BUILDING A COURT
26. 19 MR. X 121
27. 20 LA FRANCE 127
28. 21 PANIC IN CHAD 131
29. 22 AN “INSIDER” WITNESS 139
30. 23 “HOPE IS THE LAST THING TO VANISH” 145
31. 24 A BIZARRE DECISION 151
32. 25 BACKLASH 154
33. 26 “A POLITICAL AND LEGAL SOAP OPERA” 158
34. 27 “HURRICANE MIMI” 163
35. 28 “PRESIDENT HABRÉ HAS BEEN KIDNAPPED” 171
36. 29 A TRIAL IN CHAD 177
37. PART IV. THE TRIAL OF HISSÈNE HABRÉ
38. 30 TWO HEART ATTACKS 187
39. 31 ROUND ONE TO HABRÉ 196
40. 32 “YOU WILL BE TRIED WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT” 202
41. 33 “FROM THE VICTIMS I ASK FOR FORGIVENESS” 214
42. 34 KHADIDJA TELLS HER SECRET 219
43. 35 THE MAN WHO RUNS FASTER THAN DEATH 229
44. 36 SOULEYMANE TESTIFIES 233
45. 37 THE VERDICT IS ANNOUNCED 242
46. EPILOGUE 247
47. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 259
48. INDEX 269