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Chad: President’s son named as interim leader
Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno is named as interim president by a council of military officers
The late Chadian President’s son Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno has been made interim president by a military council, and will rule the country for the next 18 months.
Fourteen days of mourning have been declared and a curfew has been imposed in the country
(Image: Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno. Credit: Getty Images)
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