Chad’s President Idriss Deby dies.
Chad's President Idriss Deby Itno has died of injuries suffered on frontline, the army said on Tuesday.
Deby won re-election according to provisional results Monday.
Deby, 68, was on course for a sixth term in office after winning 79.32 percent of April 11's presidential election, according to the provisional results from the electoral commission.
Having already notched up 30 years in office, he was one of the longest-serving leaders in the world.
But the vote was marred by a rebel offensive launched in the country's north on election day. The army said Monday it had killed 300 rebels and quashed the offensive.
Deby's long survival in the region's brutal politics has made him a reliable figure in the French-led campaign against jihadist insurgents in the Sahel...