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importance of oil revenue for Chad's politics  Chad's President
Deby has no time for critics. Opponents are either silenced or
bought off. Internationally, Deby scores points for the
contribution by Chad's well-equipped army towards resolving
regional conflicts.  On the UN Development Index Chad currently
occupies position 184 out of a total of 187 states. It ranks
higher only than Mozambique, the Democratic Repubic of Congo and
Niger. Life expectancy in Chad is put at 50 years, only one in
three adults can read and write and 62 percent of the population
of 11 million live on less than one euro ($1.3) a day.  Human
rights are ignored, unwanted opponents are silenced, says Martin
Petry, a consultant focusing on peacebuilding and conflict
transformation in Chad.  "Members of the opposition are arrested
and intimidated. There are many arbitrary arrests, minor cases
of corruption or abuse of office by