Chad's junta leader General Mahamat Idriss Déby has been confirmed the winner of the May 6 presidential election, with 61 percent of the vote.

A leading opponent of Chad's ruling junta chief has died in an army assault on his party headquarters ahead of a May election when he was set to be the main rival to his cousin and transitional president Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno.

The African nation’s defense minister and the government’s general secretary had to leave their posts over the incident

Idriss Deby Itno's shock death cut his 30-year political career short and will likely throw Chadian politics into disarray.

Military: Chadian president killed after 30 years in power

The US Supreme Court has ruled President Donald Trump's travel ban on six mainly Muslim countries can go fully into effect.

The orders gave no reasons for the court’s shift.

Idriss Déby, who is accused of rigging elections in his own country, set to head delegation trying to resolve Gabon crisis

The former dictator has been found guilty of crimes against humanity but, for survivors of his brutal regime, torment and unanswered questions endure

Dakar court to give verdict on Monday on whether Hissène Habré is guilty of murder, torture, rape and crimes against humanity