Chad Rebels Ready for Ceasefire - Rebel Spokesman

The rebel group Front for Change and Concord in Chad (FACT) has said it is willing discuss a ceasefire, days after Chadian president Idriss Déby was killed in fighting between government forces and rebels in the restive north of the country.

"FACT is ready to observe a ceasefire for a political settlement that respects the independence and sovereignty of Chad and does not endorse a coup d'état," FACT spokesman Kingabe Ogouzeimi de Tapol told Reuters newswire on Sunday.

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