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Updated April 20, 2021
In this file photo taken on April 11, 2021, Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno greets a crowd of journalists and supporters as he arrives to cast his ballot at a polling station in N’djamena. PHOTO: MARCO LONGARI / AFP
With news of the death of newly re-elected veteran leader Idriss Deby Itno on Tuesday, we look back on the key events of his 30 years at the helm of the huge mostly desert African state.
– 1990: Seizes the capital –
Former army chief turned rebel leader, Deby seizes power in December 1990 when his troops enter the capital N’Djamena and send dictator Hissene Habre fleeing into exile in Senegal.
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