IDRISS DEBY ITNO
- April 22, 2021
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
- Category: DPN Topics
No Comments
IDRISS DEBY ITNO
Subject : Geography
Context : Chad’s President IdrissDebyItno died from wounds sustained in battle after three decades in power, the Army said, opening a period of uncertainty in a country that is a key strategic ally of the West.
Concept :
- He was killed in April 2021 while commanding forces fighting on the front against rebels from the Front for Change and Concord in Chad (FACT).
- The Transitional Military Council, led by interim president MahamatIdrissDéby, son of the late president, has assumed control of government.
About CHAD
- Chad is a landlocked country in north-central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon to the south-west, Nigeria to the southwest (at Lake Chad), and Niger to the west.
- Lake Chad, after which the country is named, is the second-largest wetland in Africa.
- The capital N’Djamena is the largest city.