World: IN BRIEF : CHAD : Leader of Rebels Takes Presidency
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Rebel leader Idriss Deby declared himself president of Chad and appointed a governing Council of State. Deby, who heads the Patriotic Salvation Movement, effectively seized power last weekend when President Hissen Habre fled to neighboring Cameroon. Deby immediately called for unity and promised freedom and justice to the Central African nation, which has been torn by conflict for more than 20 years.
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