Chad, Libya
Mahamat Idriss Déby extends an olive branch to Toubou in northern Chad, southern Libya

Mahamat Idriss Déby (Kaka), son of the late Chadian President Idriss Déby, is the head of the Transitional Military Council.
Mahamat Idriss Déby (Kaka), son of the late Chadian President Idriss Déby, is the head of the Transitional Military Council. © Christophe Petit Tesson/Pool/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP
Mahamat Idriss Déby, the new strongman of N'Djamena, wants to prevent rebel forces forming an alliance with the Toubou tribes whose homeland straddles Chad and Libya. [...]
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