Former Chadian Prime Minister Albert Pahimi Padacke was appointed head of the transitional government, according to a decree signed on Monday by the president of the transitional military council (CMT), Mahamat Idriss Deby.
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France, G5 Sahel ‚support‘ Chad‘s transition‘
French President Emmanuel Macron and his counterparts from Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania and Niger jointly met with General Mahamat Idriss Deby before the funeral of his father, a presidential official said.
Chad bids farewell to Deby as France and allies back his son
The elder Deby, who had ruled the vast semi-desert state with an iron fist for 30 years, died from wounds sustained fighting rebels at the weekend, the army said Tuesday.
Mahamat Idriss Deby, son of slain president, emerges as Chad’s new strongman
The presidency moved swiftly to put the reins of power in the hands of the 37-year-old general and tear up Chad‘s constitution, establishing a „Transition Charter“ that lays out a new basic law for the desert country of 16 million people.