Mahamat Al-Khatim is a Chadian Arab belonging to the Salamat ethnic group.

[1] At some point, he rebelled against the Chadian government, but was reintegrated into the Chad National Army in 1997.

[1] In December 2020, al-Khatim and the MPC joined the Coalition of Patriots for Change led by François Bozizé.

[3] Due to the failure of this coup attempt, al-Khatim was forced to flee the Central African Republic and, as of June 2021, he resides in the capital of Chad, N'Djamena.

[4] Togerther with Abakar Sabone, ANS detained Al-Khatim on 10 April 2024 for exposing the Chadian government embezzlement of Angolan fund for the Central African warlord who settled in Chad.