Deby’s death and Chad’s next day: This is what the army announced Al Jazeera English © Mahamat Kaka, otherwise known as Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, was named interim president by a transiti. Mahamat Kaka, otherwise known as Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, was named interim president by a transitional council of military officers [Reuters]
Chad’s military has said President Idriss Deby has died from wounds sustained during a visit to front-line soldiers battling a rebel group, just after being declared the winner of a presidential election that would have handed him a sixth term in office.
Deby’s son, Mahamat Idriss Deby, was swiftly named interim president by a transitional council of military officers, army spokesman Azem Bermendao Agouna said on state television on Tuesday.
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Chadian President Idriss Deby attends the plenary session of the Paris Peace Forum in November 2019. | POOL / AFP-JIJI
Reuters Apr 21, 2021
N’Djamena, Chad – The president of Chad, Idriss Deby, who ruled his country for more than 30 years and was an important Western ally in the fight against Islamist militants in Africa, has been killed on the frontline in a battle against rebels in the north.