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Mahamat, 37, is the same age as the late Idriss Déby when he seized power in 1990.

5 Min Read N’DJAMENA, April 21 (Reuters) - The son of Chad’s 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. People drive past a Chad army tank near the presidential palace, after Chad's President Idriss Deby, who ruled the country for more than 30 years and was an important Western ally, was killed on the frontline in a battle against rebels in the north, in N'djamena, Chad April 20, 2021. R...

Chad : Marshal Idriss Deby Is No More The President died yesterday from injuries he received at the war front against the FACT rebel groups. Military authorities in Chad have announced the death of President, Idriss Deby Itno. Speaking on the country’s National Radio and Television, the military spokesperson said, the Chadian President died on Tuesday, April 20, 2021 from injuries received at the war front where his country is fighting rebel groups. Lire aussi : Idriss Deby Itno : une vie de combattant According to the Army spokesman, General Azem Bermandoa Agouna, 68-years-old Idriss Deb...

President Idriss Deby's death on the frontlines leaves Chad with an unpredictable future CNN 1 hr ago By Tim Lister, CNN © 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) It's not often that a President travels to the frontlines of his army's clashes with rebels. Idriss Deby, the 68-ye...

21 Apr 2021 - 08:25 KABUL (Pajhwok): Chad’s President Idriss Deby has succumbed to wounds suffered on the front line in the country’s north, Al Jazeera reports. A Chad army spokesman said late on Tuesday: “Deby, 68, has just breathed his last defending the sovereign nation on the battlefield.” Gen. Azem Bermandoa Agouna made the announcement on state-run television a day after Deby was declared the winner of the latest presidential vote. Deby was commanding his army at the weekend as it battled insurgents who had launched a major incursion into Chad’s nor...