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Chad junta names transition government Issued on: 02/05/2021 - 22:00 Handout photo from the Chad Presidential Palace taken on April 27, 2021 shows General Mahamat Idriss Deby, Chad's Transitional Military Council (TMC) leader. © Brahim Adji, AFP 2 min The military junta that took power in Chad last month after the shock death of veteran leader Idriss Deby Itno named a transition government on Sunday, the army spokesman said.  Advertising Read more Deby's 37-year-old son Mahamat, who took the helm of the so-call...

Chad junta hunts rebel leader in Niger AFP 4/25/2021 © Issouf SANOGO Chad's late strongman Idriss Deby Itno was laid to rest on Saturday Chad's new ruling junta on Sunday vowed to root out a rebel leader accused of "war crimes", seeking help from neighbouring Niger to track him down along with his fighters. The army has "located the enemy spread out in small groups, now regrouping in Niger territory," said junta spokesman Azem Bermandoa Agouna. He accused the Libya-based Front for Change and Concord in Chad (FACT) of killing several dozen Chadian soldiers and said the rebels' leader Maha...

Chad junta names presidential runner-up as interim PM Monday April 26 2021 Summary Advertisement Chad's new military junta on Monday named former prime minister Albert Pahimi Padacke, who was runner-up in the Sahel country's April 11 presidential election, as interim premier. Pahimi Padacke was the last prime minister under president Idriss Deby Itno, whose shock death in battle against northern rebels triggered the creation of a so-called Transitional Military Council (TMC) headed by his 37-year-old son, Mahamat Idriss Deby. Deby, who himself came to power in 1990 at the head of a rebel forc...

Chad’s new military rulers named Albert Pahimi Padacke, who was runner-up in the Sahel country’s April 11 presidential election, as prime minister of a transitional government on Monday a week after President Idriss Deby’s battlefield death – an appointment quickly dismissed by an opposition leader. A military council seized power after Deby was killed as he visited troops fighting rebels on April 19. Opposition politicians have called the military takeover a “coup”, and one said on Monday the army had no right to pick a premier. The transition and the wrangling around it are bein...

Chad's military junta on Monday named former prime minister Albert Pahimi Padacke, who was runner-up in the Sahel country's April 11 presidential election, as interim premier. Pahimi Padacke was the last prime minister under president Idriss Deby Itno, whose shock death in battle against northern rebels triggered the creation of a so-called Transitional Military Council (TMC) headed by his 37-year-old son, Mahamat Idriss Deby. Deby, who himself came to power in 1990 at the head of a rebel force, had gone to the region to lead the fighting against the Libya-based Front for Change and Concord i...