kebzabo was a director at the chadian press agency, a member of the democratic movement for the restoration of chad (mdrt), and was a journalist at "jeune afrique" and "demain l'afrique". he was subsequently the founder of "n'djaména hebdo", chad's first independent newspaper. he was a consul in douala, cameroon, but was expelled from cameroon by president paul biya due to his support for biya's predecessor, ahmadou ahidjo.