Chad: Rebels Give Idriss Deby's Family Until Midnight to Bury Slain President

A rebel group that the army accused of killing Chadian president, Idriss Deby Itno said it had given the late president's family until Thursday midnight to bury him.

President Deby, 68, who had been in power for three decades, died of injuries sustained in battle against rebels on the frontline, the military said.

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