FILE PHOTO: Tires burn at a barricade during protests demanding return to civilian rule in N'Djamena, Chad April 27,2021. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra
N'DJAMENA (Reuters) -Chad's army battled with rebels on Thursday near the town of Nokou, about 20 km (12 miles) from where former president Idriss Deby was fatally wounded 10 days ago, rebels and the army said.
Deby was killed on April 19 as he visited troops fighting Libya-based rebels from the Front for Change and Concord in Chad (FACT), which opposed his 30-year rule. A military council headed by his son took control of Chad after his death, a move which opposition politicians have condemned as a coup.
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