Chad’s Ruling Junta Asks Niger to Help Capture Rebel Leader
- Military council rejects rebel offer of a ceasefire, dialog
- President Idriss Deby died of injuries after clash with rebels
Idriss Deby died during a visit to the battlefront in northern Chad on April 20
Photographer: Ludovic Marin/AFP/Getty Images
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Chad’s ruling junta rejected a call by a group of rebels for talks and asked Niger to help catch their leader who it believed is within its neighbor’s borders.
The Libya-based rebel group known as the Front for Change and Concord in Chad has been fighting to overthrow the government since 2016. It , staged an incursion into northern Chad on April 11 and President Idriss Deby died of injuries sustained during a visit to the battlefront on April 20, according to the so-called transitional military council that subsequently assumed power.