Chad

Chad President Idriss Deby has died while visiting front-line troops to fight northern rebels, an army spokesman said on Tuesday, the day after Deby was declared the winner of a sixth term. The 68-year-old "has just breathed his last of the defense of the sovereign nation on the battlefield" over the weekend, Army spokesman General Azem Bermandoa Agouna said in a statement read on state television, according to Agence France-Presse (AFP). The army said a military council led by the late president's…

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…

"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…

According to preliminary results announced on Monday night by the Independent National Electoral Commission, Chadia's President Idriss Deby Itno was re-elected in the first round of the presidential election. Provisional results without surprise. The head of state met with opposition candidates who demanded a boycott of the vote. The Supreme Court will announce the final results on May 15.…

Conflicts continue in Kanem province, where fighting has already taken place on Saturday afternoon, April 17. Chadia's armed forces have been fighting for a week with rebel columns of facts, Front for Alternation and Concord, for entry into the north of the country from their rear bases in Libya a week ago. In an interview with RFI exclusively, the head of Fact Mahamat Mahadi Ali admitted that his columns had been forced to pursue "a strategic withdrawal". According to our information, the fighting continued on Sunday…

The army claims to have killed more than 300 rebels in the fighting on Saturday against a column of facts, the front for change and compliance in Chad. Ndjamena also reports five deaths in its ranks. On the side of facts, we recognize this Monday morning that one of the columns of the uprising, a column consisting of some thirty vehicles, has been missing since the fighting on Saturday. Meanwhile, in…

"Idriss Déby between the ballot box and the rebels' cannon," says Walfau Senegal. "While the first tendencies in the presidential election in Chad are largely favorable to him, we read, Idriss Déby sees the country he claims to lead for a sixth term being attacked in the north."Attacked by the rebels from the facts, the front of the alternation and Chad's concorde. They say they want to end what they see as a "relentless…

Fighting erupted on Saturday between Chadian national forces and rebels from the Front for Alternation and Concord in Chad. In this context, several opposition parties and civil society organizations signed a call for an end to the fire this weekend. They also ask Idriss Déby to launch an inclusive national dialogue to ease tensions and leave Chadia's president for a week to decide.…

A first confrontation on the ground took place on Saturday, April 17, between the loyalist forces and the rebels from the Front for Alternation and Concord in Chad (Facts). The fighting took place north of Mao, in Kanem province, more than 300 km from the capital Ndjamena. The armed rebel movement, which arrived from its rear base in Libya, entered Chadian territory on April 11 in order to remove Idriss…

In Senegal, the new permit application from Hissène Habré was rejected on March 29 on Sunday, April 18. The former Chadian president was sentenced in 2016 to life in prison by an African court for crimes against humanity during his reign from 1982 to 1990. Since his conviction, he has served his sentence in Cap Manuel Prison in Dakar. He had already benefited in April 2020 from a 60-day release from…