Chad’spresidentIdrissDébydies‘onbattlefield’,militarysays

IdrissDéby,theveteranpresidentofChad,isdead,nationalradiointhecentralAfricanstatehassaid.

Astatementfromthemilitarysaidthe68-year-oldruler,inpowerfor30years,hadbeenkilled“onthebattlefield”afterbeinginjuredfightingrebelsbutgavenofurtherdetails.

Débylastweekwonasixthterminpresidentialelections.ThepollpromptedaninvasionofChadbyrebelsbasedinLibya,whichmilitaryofficialshadsaidwasrepulsedattheweekend.

Officialshadsaidtheveteranpoliticianwouldnotgiveavictoryspeechafterthepollsbecausehehadtravelledtothefrontlinestotakechargeofmilitaryoperations.

Débytookcontrolofthestrategicallylocatedcountryinanarmedrebellionin.HewasoneofAfrica’slongest-servingleadersandacloseallyofwesternpowersbattlingIslamistmilitantsinwestandcentralAfrica.

Buthehasfacedrepeatedinsurgenciesinthedesertnorthandwasalsodealingwithmountingpublicdiscontentoverhismanagementofoilwealthandcrackdownsonopponents.

Theunresthasraisedalarmbellsamongwesterncountries,whichhaveseenDébyasanimportantallyinthefightagainstIslamistextremistgroups,includingBokoHaramintheLakeChadBasinandgroupslinkedtoal-QaidaandIslamicStateintheSahel.

ThedeathofDébywillunderlinethegrowinginstabilityoftheSahelregion,wherea

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