Chad junta leader to be sworn in as elected president
Deby was proclaimed transitional president in April 2021 by a junta of 15 generals after his father, iron-fisted president Idriss Deby Itno, was shot dead by rebels after 30 years in power.
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Chad's president-elect Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno (L) is following in the footsteps of his late father Idriss Deby Itno (R) as the desert state's new strongman. (AFP)
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N'DJAMENA - General Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, who has led Chad's junta for the last three years, is to be sworn in Thursday after an election victory hotly