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Apr
23
2021
By The African Mirror
Foreign leaders arrive for Chad leader’s funeral as rebels threaten advance

Foreign leaders arrive for Chad leader’s funeral as rebels threaten advance

NEWS
MAHAMAT RAMADANE and MADJIASARA NAKO FOREIGN leaders have begun to arrive in Chad for the funeral of slain president Idriss Deby as France backed the country's new military leaders in the face of threats from rebels to resume an offensive on the capital. The presidents of Guinea and Mali arrived in the capital N'Djamena, state television showed, despite warnings from the rebels that foreign leaders should not attend for security reasons. French President Emmanuel Macron was also due to travel to Chad overnight for the funeral on Friday. A military council led by General Mahamat Idriss Deby took power after…
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Apr
21
2021
By The African Mirror
OBITUARY-Idriss Deby, Chad’s president and West’s ally against Islamists

OBITUARY-Idriss Deby, Chad’s president and West’s ally against Islamists

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
AARON ROSS IN 30 years as Chad's president, Idriss Deby emerged as one of Africa's wiliest political survivors, holding on to power through rebellions that reached as far as his palace gates and establishing himself as a key military ally of Western powers. But it was in an apparent moment of triumph, just hours after he was declared the winner of an April 11 election, that the 68-year-old former army officer met his end, killed in battle fighting rebels in the desert north. Deby had ruled for three decades by centralising power around his family and Zaghawa ethnic group. Key…
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Apr
20
2021
By The African Mirror
Chad President Deby dies, son takes over

Chad President Deby dies, son takes over

NEWS
Chad's President Idriss Deby has died while visiting troops on the frontline of a fight against northern rebels, the army said on today, the day after Deby was declared the winner of a presidential election. Deby's son, Mahamat Kaka, was named interim president by a transitional council of military officers, spokesman Azem Bermendao Agouna said in a broadcast on state television. Deby, 68, came to power in a rebellion in 1990 and was one of Africa's longest-ruling leaders. He and his army have been seen as a reliable Western ally in a turbulent region afflicted by jihadists. His campaign said…
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