On April 21, local time, the 37-year-old Mahamad Idris Deby, son of the late President of Chad, Idris Deby, was appointed as the new President of the Republic of Chad.

  Earlier, the Chadian military announced on Chad’s national television station on April 20 that the country’s President Idris Deby had passed away at the age of 68 during an inspection of frontline troops in the northern region.

  (Producing Li Jiali)

Editor in charge: [Ji Xiang]