Al Jazeera English published this video item, entitled “Chad President Idriss Deby has died: Army spokesman” – below is their description.
Chad’s newly re-elected President Idriss Deby has died of injuries suffered on the frontline in the Sahel country’s north, where he had gone to visit soldiers battling rebels, an army spokesman said on Tuesday.
Deby, 68, “has just breathed his last defending the sovereign nation on the battlefield” over the weekend, army spokesman General Azem Bermandoa Agouna said in a statement read out on state television.
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Al Jazeera English YouTube Channel
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