President, rebel make peace pledge
Chad’s president and a rebel leader pledged during a meeting in Libya to end the fighting in their country and urged other rebel groups to lay down their weapons.
President Idriss Deby and Mahamed Nour, leader of rebels who attacked Chad’s capital, N’Djamena, in April, pledged to make peace during a meeting in Tripoli.
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