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N'DJAMENA, Chad (AP) - The president suspended the oil minister and two other Cabinet members who negotiated deals with two foreign oil firms that he ordered out of the central African country over a tax dispute, officials said Sunday.
President Idriss Deby suspended the three ministers on Saturday after ordering the two foreign firms — Chevron Corp. and Petronas — out of Chad for failing to pay taxes, government officials said on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to speak to the media.
Deby has accused the companies of failing to pay $450 million in taxes and said the two firms — which are part of an oil production consortium led by Exxon Mobil — should immediately begin making plans to leave.
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