A leading opponent of Chad’s ruling junta, Yaya Dillo Djerou, has been killed in an army assault on his party headquarters, a government spokesman says.
A leading opponent of Chad’s ruling junta, Yaya Dillo Djerou, has been killed in an army assault on his party headquarters, a government spokesman says.
Chad opposition leader Yaya Dillo Djerou died on Wednesday “where he had retreated, at the headquarters of his party. He didn’t want to surrender and fired on law enforcement,” says Abderaman Koulamallah, the country’s communications minister on Thursday.Sudanese army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan on Thursday met with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Cairo, as the former’s war with his deputy-...
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