The President of the Chad Republic, Idriss Deby, has died of injuries he sustained leading troops against rebels in the country’s north.
According to the nation’s military, the clash that caused the president’s death occurred over the weekend.
The statement disclosed that a military council would rule the nation provisionally for 18 months, as the government and parliament have been dissolved.
“A military council has been set up headed by his son, General Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno,” the army’s spokesman, General Azem Bermandoa Agouna, said on state radio.
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Deby came to power in a military coup in 1990.
The 68-year-old retired general was on course for a sixth time before his sudden death.
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