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PHOTO: Trtworld Field Marshal Idriss Deby Itno created semblance of peace in Chad for over 30 years after proving more acceptable to the Chadians in the midst of their warlords – Felix Malloum, Goukouni Wadei, Hissène Habré, Wadel Kamougoué and the Pro-Libyan Chadian forces who are still alive operating from the north and, especially, clinging to the Aouzou strip. Now the regrouped rebels, or, for others, the Chadian Solidarity and Alternative Front – Front Pour l’Alternance et la Concorde du Tchad (FACT) – are insisting on inclusiveness. The first President of Chad François Tomba...
Chad’s President Idriss Deby killed in frontline clashes with rebels, state TV reports Chad’s long-serving President Idriss Deby has died from injuries sustained in clashes with rebels, the army said in a surprise announcement Tuesday, plunging a volatile region deeper into crisis. Army spokesman Azem Bermendao Agouna told state TV said Deby — a longtime Western ally in efforts to quell Islamist militias in north Africa — died “as a result of his injuries on the front line.” Reuters said Deby had been visiting troops fighting rebels in the north of the country. The announcement c...
April 20, 2021 Chad's President Idriss Deby N'DJAMENA — Chad's long-serving President Idriss Deby has died from injuries suffered on the frontline, an African diplomatic source said on Tuesday. It comes following attacks in the north of the country by rebels. Rebels of the Front for Change and Concord in Chad (Front Pour l'Alternance et La Concorde au Tchad) (FACT) reported in a statement on Monday that Deby was injured and on the run. The news of Deby's death comes a day after provisional results from the election on April 11 projected he would win a sixth term in offic...
Idriss Deby, Chad's President, killed in frontline clashes with rebels, state TV reports CNN 1 hr ago By Niamh Kennedy, Stephanie Busari, Tim Lister, and Stephanie Halasz © MARCO LONGARI/AFP/Getty Images Chadian President Idriss Déby Itno addresses supporters at his election campaign rally in N'djamena on April 9, 2021. - Chad's citizens are set to go to the polls for the first round of the Presidential election on April 11, 2021. (Photo by Marco LONGARI / AFP) (Photo by MARCO LONGARI/AFP via Getty Images) Chad's long-serving President Idriss Deby has died from injuries ...