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.
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Chad, officially the Republic of Chad, is a sovereign state in Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon and Nigeria to the southwest and Niger to the west.
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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
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