For over thirty years Idriss Déby ruled the nation of Chad as its undeniable president. However, nine days following his reelection – in which he purportedly won more than 70% of the vote, a claim that many considered dubious – President Déby was pronounced dead by the nation’s military.
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n attack by an unidentified extremist group left 14 Burkina Faso soldiers dead in their country’s portion of the Sahel on November 11. The Sahel region, which stretches from Senegal in the West to Eritrea in the East, has experienced an increase in violence from extremist groups like al-Qaeda and the self-proclaimed Islamic State, leading to the deaths of over 2,000 people in Burkina Faso alone.
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