WORLD IN BRIEF : CHAD : Habre Seeks Refuge in U.S., Aides Say
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Hissen Habre, the former president of Chad ousted by rebels a week ago, hopes to find refuge in the United States, his entourage reported. However, a U.S. Embassy spokesman in Yaounde, Cameroon, reported that Habre had not requested asylum and referred further queries to the State Department in Washington. Habre, 48, has reportedly been negotiating asylum in Zaire. Habre flew to Cameroon just before Idriss Deby, his former chief military adviser, took control of the Chadian capital of N’Djamena.
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