• Latest
  • Trending
Rebels Kill Chad's President Idriss Déby

Rebels Kill Chad’s President Idriss Déby

April 20, 2021
Rose Yeboah makes history as first Ghanaian to reach World Championships High Jump final

Rose Yeboah makes history as first Ghanaian to reach World Championships High Jump final

September 19, 2025
CAF Safe Stadium Initiative Workshop ends successfully in Accra

CAF Safe Stadium Initiative Workshop ends successfully in Accra

September 19, 2025
Dr. Timothy Karikari urges youth to own the future through creative arts and media

Dr. Timothy Karikari urges youth to own the future through creative arts and media

September 18, 2025
Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings demands EOCO probe into CMB Abuja Market land dispute

Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings demands EOCO probe into CMB Abuja Market land dispute

September 18, 2025
GAF 2021 recruits protest delayed appointments at Flagstaff House

GAF 2021 recruits protest delayed appointments at Flagstaff House

September 18, 2025
Joint Task Force destroys illegal mining sites along River Ankobra

Joint Task Force destroys illegal mining sites along River Ankobra

September 18, 2025
Scottish Borders council seeks fresh eviction of self-styled ‘African Tribe’

Scottish Borders council seeks fresh eviction of self-styled ‘African Tribe’

September 18, 2025
Mobile money transactions in Ghana reach GHC354.1 billion

Mobile money transactions in Ghana reach GHC354.1 billion

September 18, 2025
Afram Plains Police Commander cCalls for infrastructure expansion to boost security

Afram Plains Police Commander cCalls for infrastructure expansion to boost security

September 18, 2025
GES releases 2025 SHS placement results

GES releases 2025 SHS placement results

September 18, 2025
Aowin NDC executives call for party intervention in protracted dispute between MP and traditional council

Aowin NDC executives call for party intervention in protracted dispute between MP and traditional council

September 18, 2025
Nkoranza North MP cuts sod for 70km road project across 21 communities

Nkoranza North MP cuts sod for 70km road project across 21 communities

September 18, 2025
Happy Ghana
Advertisement
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Sports
    • International Sports
    • Afcon2017
    • Afcon2019
    • Corporate Knockout
    • U17 World Cup
    • World Cup 2018
  • Entertainment
  • Business
  • Bizarre
  • Feature
  • More
    • Technology
    • Opinion
    • Lifestyle
  • Listen Live
  • Home
  • News
  • Sports
    • International Sports
    • Afcon2017
    • Afcon2019
    • Corporate Knockout
    • U17 World Cup
    • World Cup 2018
  • Entertainment
  • Business
  • Bizarre
  • Feature
  • More
    • Technology
    • Opinion
    • Lifestyle
  • Listen Live
No Result
View All Result
Happy Ghana
No Result
View All Result
Home News Africa

Rebels Kill Chad’s President Idriss Déby

in Africa, Top Story
Rebels Kill Chad's President Idriss Déby

Rebels Kill Chad's President Idriss Déby

Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on Whatsapp

Chad’s President Idriss Déby has died of his injuries following clashes with rebels in the north of the country at the weekend, the army has said.

The announcement came a day after provisional election results projected he would win a sixth term in office.

The government and parliament have been dissolved. A curfew has also been imposed and the borders have been shut.

Mr Déby, 68, spent three decades in power and was one of Africa’s longest-serving leaders.

READ MORE: RespectTheReferee: GFA Communications Director lauds initiative

An army officer by training, he came to power in 1990 through an armed uprising. He was a long-time ally of France and other Western powers in the battle against jihadist groups in the Sahel region of Africa.

Mr Déby “breathed his last defending the sovereign nation on the battlefield”, an army general said on state TV on Tuesday.

He had gone to the front line, several hundred kilometres north of the capital N’Djamena, at the weekend to visit troops battling rebels belonging to a group calling itself Fact (the Front for Change and Concord in Chad).

A military council led by Mr Déby’s son, a 37-year-old four star general, will govern for the next 18 months.

Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno will lead the council but “free and democratic” elections will be held once the transition period is over, the army said in its statement.

Ahead of the election on 11 April, Mr Déby campaigned on a platform of bringing peace and security to the region.

But there has been growing unhappiness over his government’s management of Chad’s oil resources.

The rebels Déby fought

Chad’s late President Idriss Déby had gone to the front line, several hundred kilometres north of the capital N’Djamena, at the weekend to visit troops battling rebels belonging to a group calling itself Fact (the Front for Change and Concord in Chad).

The group was founded in 2016 by disillusioned former army officers, who accused President Déby of repression in the run-up to the election.

They built up their base in Libya in the Tibesti mountains, which straddle northern Chad and part of southern Libya.

On election day on 11 April the group mounted an attack on a border post and gradually advanced on the capital, N’Djamena.

What was a president doing on the frontlines?

Though some say it’s unusual for a president to have been on the battlefield in the first place, the BBC’s Beverly Ochieng points out that President Idriss Déby was a field marshal and had often been at the frontline with his men.

About a year ago, Déby led an operation where 1,000 Boko Haram fighters were reportedly killed.

He began his career in the military and trained as a pilot in France.

READ MORE: Daniel Mminele steps down as Absa Group Chief Executive

Déby was promoted to army chief-of-staff under President Hissène Habré, who he toppled in a 1990 coup becoming president himself.

Government dissolved in Chad and elections scheduled

The military in Chad has announced that elections will be held in 18 months’ time, following the death of President Idriss Déby.

The government has been dissolved and Mr Deby’s 37-year-old son Mahamat Kaka, a four-star general, has been named interim president.

Experts have told the BBC and other broadcasters that the move is unconstitutional, and that the speaker of parliament should take over when a sitting president dies before organising elections.

Subscribe to receive notification everytime a new post is published. We promise to be discrete.

Unsubscribe
Previous Post

The world wants to learn from Ghana’s excellent delivery of vaccines – EPI

Next Post

Man United: Ed Woodward resigns as chairman after Super League backlash

Next Post
Man United: Ed Woodward resigns as chairman after Super League backlash

Man United: Ed Woodward resigns as chairman after Super League backlash

Search

No Result
View All Result

Listen Live

Happy Kaseɛbɔ 600AM news bulletin
Happy Kaseɛbɔ 600AM news bulletin

BBC Match of the Day Africa

Happy Ghana

Recent News

  • Rose Yeboah makes history as first Ghanaian to reach World Championships High Jump final
  • CAF Safe Stadium Initiative Workshop ends successfully in Accra
  • Dr. Timothy Karikari urges youth to own the future through creative arts and media
  • About
  • advertise
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact Us

© 2025 Happy FM – Powered by Ghana’s leading radio network. Designed with passion by Global Media Alliance.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Sports
    • International Sports
    • Afcon2017
    • Afcon2019
    • Corporate Knockout
    • U17 World Cup
    • World Cup 2018
  • Entertainment
  • Business
  • Bizarre
  • Feature
  • More
    • Technology
    • Opinion
    • Lifestyle
  • Listen Live

© 2025 Happy FM – Powered by Ghana’s leading radio network. Designed with passion by Global Media Alliance.