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Idriss Deby

President of Chad Idriss Deby dies in clashes with rebels one day after winning election

Apr 21, 2021 16,172

Chad's president Idriss Deby has been killed on the battlefield in a fight against rebels, the country's top military commander has said.
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International

Chad – where social media has been cut for a year

Mar 29, 2019 7,909

Activists in Chad are demanding that the government restore access to social media after it was cut off a year ago.
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International

Chad President Idriss Deby seeks fifth term in office

Feb 10, 2016 395

Chad's President Idriss Deby has announced he will run for a fifth term in April's elections. Mr Deby took power in a coup in 1990 and later introduced elections.
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International

Nigeria’s Boko Haram ‘has new leader’

Aug 12, 2015 186

The Nigerian-based Islamist militant group Boko Haram has a new leader, Chad's President Idriss Deby says. He did not say what had happened to Abubakar Shekau, but said he had been replaced by Mahamat Daoud - who has not been heard…
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