Chad’s military refuses to negotiate with rebels
EDWARD McALLISTER and MAHAMAT RAMADANE CHAD's transitional military council will not negotiate with rebels, who have said that they are open to talks, spokesman Azem Bermendao Agouna said yesterday. "Faced with this situation that is putting Chad in peril, it is not the time for mediation or negotiations with "outlaws", he said. Rebels in northern Chad are ready to observe a ceasefire and to discuss a political settlement after the battlefield death of President Idriss Deby last week, a rebel spokesman said yesterday. The rebels, known as the Front for Change and Concord in Chad (FACT), came over the northern…