Chad president passes away aged 68 after winning 6th term

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    Idriss Deby has actually ruled Chad for over 30 years

    The president of Chad has actually been eliminated on the cutting edge after a clash in between the army and rebels at the border.

    An army representative verified Idriss Deby, who has actually ruled Chad for over 30 years, passed away of his injuries on Tuesday.

    It comes a day after the 68-year-old was stated the winner of a 6th term in workplace.

    Deby, who concerned power in a disobedience in 1990, took 79.3% of the vote in the April 11 election, which was boycotted by leading opposition leaders.

    He was anticipated to offer a success speech to fans on Monday, however his project director, Mahamat Zen Bada, stated he had actually rather gone to go to Chadian soldiers on the cutting edge.

    ‘The candidate would have liked to have been here to celebrate … but right now, he is alongside our valiant defence and security forces to fight the terrorists threatening our territory,’ Zen Bada informed press reporters.

    FILE PHOTO: Chad's President Idriss Deby attends a working session of the G5 Sahel summit in Nouakchott, Mauritania, June 30, 2020. Ludovic Marin /Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

    Idriss Deby was eliminated a day after being re-elected (Picture: Reuters)

    ZIGUEY, CHAD - APRIL 19: Chadian Army members are seen during an operation against rebels in Ziguey, Kanem Region, Chad on April 19, 2021. The Chadian army announced late Sunday that it has killed more than 300 rebels in the northern part of the Central African country. The rebels were from The Front for Change and Concord in Chad (FACT), the military said in a press release. (Photo by Abdoulaye Adoum Mahamat/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

    Chadian army members a throughout an operation versus rebels in Ziguey, Kanem Region (Picture: Getty)

    Rebels based throughout the northern frontier in Libya assaulted a border post on election day and after that advanced numerous kilometres south throughout the desert.

    Army representative, Général Azem Bemrandoua Agouna, stated the armed force had actually been pressed back by a column of insurgents who were bearing down the capital, N’Djamena.

    According to one report, the soldiers were assaulted by militants from Front for Change and Concord in Chad (REALITY). Their mentioned objective was to rid the nation of Deby’s 31 years of power.

    It is believed Deby may be the very first president to pass away in fight given that Paraguay’s Francisco Solano López in 1870.

    An interim military council will govern for the next 18 months, ruled by Deby’s kid General Mahamat Kaka.

    The news was revealed on state tv by army spokesperson General Azem Bermandoa Agouna.

    He stated Deby ‘has just breathed his last defending the sovereign nation on the battlefield’.

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