There was a sombre mood in purgatory after Chad’s President Idriss Déby led the country’s soldiers to his death.
Idriss was killed in the front line North of Chad only a day after his reelection.
According to the army, he died of wounds suffered on front line as country’s soldiers battled rebels.
Had the bullets missed him or his army and rebels not conspired against him, this would have been his sixth term in office.
Idriss had been in office for 30 years and the same media house that announced his victory on Monday announced his death on Tuesday.
Was democracy ever important in the Francophone country, the Speaker of Parliament would have taken over.
Just like in most African countries, where democracy is ‘applied’ but leadership roles are hereditary, his son General Mahamat Kaka will assume leadership.
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