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General Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno has been proclaimed as the Interim Head of the State. He succeeds his father Idriss Deby who died while visiting troops on the frontline of a fight against northern rebels, Army spokesman Azem Bermendao Agouna announced his death in a broadcast on state television. General Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno has picked 14 generals to compose the transitional military council (CMT), which was established following the death of former President Idriss Deby Itno, according to the first decree of the CMT published by public television. The rebels in Chad have objected of appointment of General Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno saying: “Chad is not a monarchy.”
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Apr. 21, 2021 2:07 PM
Rebels in Chad threatened to depose the son of the country’s slain president after he was named interim leader of the central African nation, raising the specter Wednesday of a potentially violent power struggle.
Uncertainty prevailed early Wednesday over how far the rebel column was from N’Djamena, a city of 1 million people, and whether the military would remain loyal to Mahamat Deby Itno in the aftermath of his father’s death after three decades in power.
The rebel group that the military blamed for President Idriss Deby Itno’s death said late Tuesday that its forces were “heading toward N’Djamena at this very moment.”
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By EDOUARD TAKADJI AND KRISTA LARSON | Associated Press | Published: April 21, 2021 N DJAMENA, Chad Rebels in Chad threatened to depose the son of the country s slain president after he was named interim leader of the strategic central African nation, raising the specter Wednesday of a violent power struggle. It was not certain how close the rebel column was to N Djamena, the capital city of 1 million people, or whether the military would remain loyal to Mahamat Idriss Deby following his father s sudden death after three decades in power. The rebel group that the military blamed for President Idriss Deby Itno s killing said Wednesday in a statement that they were giving his family until midnight to bury him. The fighters gave no indication of their positions after saying the day before that they were “heading toward N’Djamena at this very moment.”