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Chad: Chad - Junta Names Presidential Runner-Up As Transitional PM
DW, 26 April 2021
Chad's new military rulers have named Albert Pahimi Padacke as prime minister of a transitional government. Opposition politicians have slammed the move. Read more »
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Chad: Chad Military Names Albert Padacke As Head of Transitional Government
Nation, 26 April 2021
Chad's military has named the country's former Prime Minister Albert Pahimi Padacke as head of the transitional government. Mahamat Idriss Deby, head of the Transitional Military… Read more »
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Chad: Chad Names New PM As Military Rejects Rebels' Overtures for Peace
RFI, 26 April 2021
Chad's military junta on Monday named Albert Pahimi Padacké as the country's new prime minister. Padacké previously served as Chad's prime minister from 2016 to 2018,… Read more »
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Chad: Why France Is Backing Mahamat Idriss Deby
DW, 23 April 2021
French President Macron is in Chad to attend the funeral of slain leader Idriss Deby Itno. Now France pins its hopes on the country's new leader Mahamat Idriss Deby, but that does… Read more »
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Chad: Chad Rebels Say They Are Ready for Ceasefire and Talks
Tunis Afrique Presse, 25 April 2021
Rebels in northern Chad are ready to observe a ceasefire and to discuss a political settlement after the battlefield death of President Idriss Deby last week, a rebel spokesman… Read more »
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Chad: Chadian Crisis - Ekhomu Urges Govt to Mass Troops in the Lake Chad Basin Area
This Day, 26 April 2021
Security Expert, Dr Ona Ekhomu has urged the Nigerian military to urgently create a firewall in the North-east to prevent incursion into Nigeria by the various militia groups… Read more »
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Chad: Chad Tensions Rise After Burial of Late President Idriss Deby
VOA, 25 April 2021
An uneasy calm pervades Chad's capital N'Djamena since Friday's funeral for President Idriss Deby, who ruled the central African country for more than 30 years. Civilians say… Read more »
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Chad: Chad Rebels Ready to 'Observe Ceasefire'
DW, 25 April 2021
The FACT rebel group, which has been accused of killing President Idriss Deby, says it is willing to discuss a political settlement for the country's future. Read more »
Chad Names Transitional Prime Minister, Opposition Slams Move
Chad's new military government on Monday named Albert Pahimi Padacke as interim prime minister. The announcement comes a week after President Idriss Deby's death in the battlefield, which prompted a military council to seize power in the country. Opposition politicians have slammed the move calling the military takeover an "institutional coup." Yacine Abderamane, president of the opposition Reformist Party said the army had no right to install a head of government. Padacke served as prime minister from 2016 to 2018, and was considered one of Deby's allies. He had also been the runner-up in Chad's April 11 presidential election. On April 19, Deby was killed as he visited troops fighting against the Libya-based Front for Change and Concord (FACT) rebels in Chad. The president had been declared the winner of the April 11 elections right before he was killed. Padacke came second with 10.3% of the vote.
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The Nigerian government has disclosed that it will beef up security around the borders with neigbouring Chad which was plunged into a political crisis following the sudden death of ... Read more »
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With the death of President Idriss Déby, Chad joins Mali as large countries in the Sahel region which are undergoing transitions. "Political and military issues have ... Read more »
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French President Emmanuel Macron, President Alpha Condé and several other African heads of state attended Déby's funeral, as the rebels called a temporary ceasefire ... Read more »
