A four-star general who is a son of Chad’s late president Idriss Deby Itno will replace him at the head of a military council, the army announced Tuesday. “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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President of Chad, Idriss Déby has died in a clash with rebels in the north of the country at the weekend, the army has said on state TV. Kokomansion understands that the President’s death came shortly after provisional election results which projected he would win a sixth term in office, with 80% of the vote. […]
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The president of Chad made a personal request of the international investment community to come and invest in Chad As the president of the Republic of Chad I am in Paris today addressing a distinguished and talented group of international partners who will be validating the financing of the next step of Chad’s National Development […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja on Thursday, has once more restated his conviction that the end of the Boko Haram insurgency is in sight, given the added vigour with which the war against the terrorist sect is now being prosecuted by Nigeria and its allies. Speaking with Mr Mousa Faki Mahamat, Chadian Minister of Foreign […]
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Not less than 100 Boko Haram militants have been killed in an operation launched a fortnight ago against Boko Haram jihadists holed up in the islands of Lake Chad, the Chadian army said in a statement Friday. In the Statement: “117 terrorists have been killed, two Chadian soldiers died and two others were wounded” in […]
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