Chad reopened its borders on Wednesday, a day after they were closed following the death in combat of president Idriss Deby Itno, the country’s new transitional military council said.
A curfew — also imposed after the veteran leader’s death on Tuesday — would now start from 8pm instead of 6pm, according to a statement signed by the military council’s spokesman Azem Bermandoa Agouna.
The Chadian Army had announced Idris Deby 37-year-old son, Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, a four-star general, as the new leader of the country.
The shocking death of late president Deby came as a suprise as he was recently proclaimed the winner of a presidential election that had given him a sixth term in office.
