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2021-04-21 10:30:39 GMT2021-04-21 18:30:39(Beijing Time) Xinhua English NDJAMENA, April 21 (Xinhua) -- In Chad, the transitional military council (CMT), headed by the son of Chadian President Idriss Deby, who died Tuesday following injuries received at the frontline against the rebels, promised to cede power to civilians after an 18-month transition, while calling for unity and dialogue. "MIDI IS DEAD, LONG LIVE MIDI" Tuesday morning, the spokesman for the Chadian army, General Azem Berm...

* Debys son assumes presidency * Opposition decries coup detat * Union calls for strike (Adds general says many officers oppose military councils takeover) By Madjiasra Nako and Mahamat Ramadane NDJAMENA, April 21 (Reuters) - The son of Chads slain leader Idriss Deby took over as president and armed forces commander on Wednesday as rebel forces threatened to march on the capital, deepening the turmoil in a country vital to international efforts to combat Islamist militants in Africa. The politi...

Listen to the story. Chadian President Idriss Déby arrives for a group photograph during the G5 Sahel summit, in Nouakchott, Mauritania, on June 30, 2020. Déby, who ruled the central African nation for more than three decades, was killed on the battlefield on April 20, 2021, in a fight against rebels, the countrys top military commander announced on national TV and radio. Credit: Share For days, as Chad’s military clashed with rebels north of the capital N’djamena, the governmen...

U.S. says Chad rebels heading towards capital from north Reuters | Apr 19, 2021 10:43 PM EDT A Chad army tank is seen on the street, as fighters from the rebel Front for Change and Concord in Chad (FACT) appeared to be moving toward the capital according to the United States (Photo : REUTERS/Stringer) The United States said rebel fighters in Chad appeared to be moving towards the capital NDjamena and ordered non-essential staff to leave, warning of possible violence. A spokesman for the rebel F...

2021-04-19 22:31:03 GMT2021-04-20 06:31:03(Beijing Time) Xinhua English NDJAMENA, April 19 (Xinhua) -- Incumbent Chadian President Idriss Deby has won the absolute majority in the first round of the presidential election, according to provisional results announced Monday evening by the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) of the central African nation. According to the CENI, Deby received 3,663,431 votes, or 79.32 percent of all votes cast. Voter turnout was 64.81 percent. Th...

NDjamena: Chads President Idriss Deby Itno has died on the battlefield after three decades in power, the army announced on state television on Tuesday. The shock announcement came only the day after the 68-year-old was proclaimed the winner of a presidential election that had given him a sixth term in office. The army said Deby had been commanding his army at the weekend as it battled against rebels who had launched a major incursion into the north of the country on election day. Deby "has jus...

Published on: Tuesday, April 20, 2021 By: AFP Text Size: The shock announcement came only the day after Idriss Deby (pictured) was proclaimed the winner of a presidential election that had given him a sixth term in office. (File photo: AFP) Chads President Idriss Deby Itno has died on the battlefield after three decades in power, the army announced on state television on Tuesday. The shock announcement came only the day after the 68-year-old was proclaimed the winner of a presidential election ...

Veteran Chad President Idriss Deby died after fighting rebels on battlefield, says army By AFP Ali Aba Kaya and Djimet Wiche NDjamena, Chad - Chads President Idriss Deby Itno died on Tuesday from wounds sustained in battle after three decades in power, the army announced. The shock news came only the day after the 68-year-old career military man was proclaimed the winner of a presidential election that had given him a sixth term in office. The army also announced a curfew and border closures af...

Chad’s Idriss Deby wins 6th term as army fends off rebel advance Al Jazeera English © The vote was boycotted by top opposition leaders [Djimet Wiche/ AFP] The vote was boycotted by top opposition leaders [Djimet Wiche/ AFP] Chad’s President Idriss Deby has won a sixth term, according to provisional election results, as the army said it had beaten back a column of fighters advancing on the capital, Ndjamena. The 68-year-old Deby, who came to power in a rebellion in 1990, t...

The president of Chad has been killed while fighting rebels on the front line just hours after winning a sixth term.  Idriss Deby, who ruled over the central African nation for more than three decades, breathed his last defending the sovereign nation on the battlefield, an army spokesman said today.   The army said Deby had been commanding his army at the weekend as it battled against rebels who had launched a major incursion into the north of the country on election day.  Deby had ruled Ch...