FACTBOX-Five facts about Chad's Deby


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  • Tuesday, 20 Apr 2021

FILE PHOTO: Idriss Deby Itno, President of the Republic of Chad, addresses the 69th United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters in New York September 24, 2014. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - Chad's President Idriss Deby, a former army officer who seized power and ruled the central Africa nation for 30 years died on Tuesday at the age of 68 from injuries sustained while fighting the latest rebellion in the north of the country.

Here are five facts about Deby

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