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In Paris, several dozen Chadians, youths and opponents gathered in exile on Tuesday afternoon near the Chadian embassy, ​​in the 16th arrondissement, under the supervision of a large force. Police who prevented them from approaching the building. With our special correspondent on site, Francois MazetThe embassy's heavy wooden…

In Chad, President Idriss Déby Itno announced the death of a Transitional Military Council (CMT) on April 20, while announcing the repeal of the constitution and the dissolution of the government and parliament. The Transitional Council, which took power in Chad after the death of Idriss Déby Itno, is led by one of the sons of the late president, Lieutenant General Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno. At the age of 37, he became head of state and chief of staff of the armed forces. Until now, he was the head of the famous DGSSEI, a…

The death of the Chadian head of state Idriss Déby Itno barely announced, a transitional military council of fifteen generals took power for a period of 18 months before, they announce that a "free and democratic election" is being held. Idriss Déby's son, General Mahamat Idriss Déby, is the first of them: a man of power, military but quite discreet.…

Idriss Déby died in the front line before the factual uprising, Chadian TV announced on Tuesday, April 20. At the helm of Chad for 30 years, the president, just re-elected for a new term, was primarily a soldier. Supported by the West and especially France, despite the regime's authoritarian operation. Idriss Déby Itno died…

The Chadian army has confirmed that General Mahamat Kaka, the son of the late President Idriss Deby Itno, will replace him as head of a military council to replace the late president. This follows the message from Army spokesman General Azem Bermandoa Agouna, who said Idriss Deby, 68, "has just breathed his last defender of the sovereign nation on the battlefield" over the weekend. Mahamat previously served as deputy commander of the armed forces for the Chadian intervention in northern Mali (FATIM). Mahamat first…

Chadian President Idriss Déby Itno, who has been in power for 30 years, died on Tuesday from injuries sustained while commanding his army in fighting against rebels in the north over the weekend, a spokesman announced on state television. "The president of the republic, head of state, supreme head of the army, Idriss Déby Itno, has just breathed his last while defending the territorial integrity on the battlefield. It is with deep bitterness that we announce to the Chadian people the death this Tuesday, April 20, 2021 of…

While demonstrations have intensified in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo to protest the massacres and insecurity and to demand the departure of MONUSCO in Kasai, the UN mission will be unpacked in June. A UN delegation arrived on Monday to assess compliance with this withdrawal plan. In Kasai, Monusco is…

"79.32% of the votes in favor of Idriss Déby", it is to be read this Tuesday morning on Alwihdainfo. "The Election Commission yesterday unveiled the overall preliminary results of the presidential election" on April 11, the Chad website explains.More than 3.5 million votes: "It is not surprising that Idriss Déby Itno will still rule for six years", specifies Tachad. In any case, the outgoing president is far ahead of the…

An asylum seeker from the Democratic Republic of Congo spent 14 months at Seoul's terminal in a pandemic and arrived in Incheon in February 2020 to be released last week. At the heart of this unusual story is the refusal of the South Korean authorities to study his asylum application. as reported from Seoul, Nicolas roccaOne…

Remember him as someone who was deeply patriotic and then tolerant, because we had a very divisive political climate. Cameroon loses or has lost someone who had the courage to say what he thought, he preached a lot for dialogue. I think the problem that the government had is that many leaders or many ministers fought to slander Cardinal Tumi, but they found out that the cardinal was really someone who was tolerant and wanted dialogue. Elie Smith, one…