Chad has imposed a curfew and shut its borders after a the death of its president , Idriss Deby , on Tuesday.
Chad’s army dissolved government and parliament after announcing Deby’s death but pledg ed “free and democratic” elections after an 18-month transition period.
The army had earlier announced that one of Deby’s sons would replace him as the head of a military council . Deby had ruled the country for three decades.
Deby , 68, died of injuries suffered while fighting rebels in the north of the Sahel country, the army said Tuesday.
The army had on Monday announced that fighting left some 300 rebels of the Front for Change and Concord in Chad dead, while FACT claimed in a statement that Deby had been wounded.
Ministers and high-ranking military officers had said Monday that Deby was in the region on Saturday and Sunday after rebels launched an offensive from rear bases in Libya on the day of the election, April 11.
