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Re:President of Chad Killed on the Battlefield by tyingq on Tuesday April 20, 2021 @09:11AM (#26874112)
"Reports from N’Djamena, the capital, suggested that in the wake of Déby’s death, parliament has been dissolved and the government replaced by a transitional military council led by Déby’s 37-year-old son Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno, a general"

The short-term at least, sounds worse.

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Re:President of Chad Killed on the Battlefield by sam_goody on Tuesday April 20, 2021 @09:30AM (#26874370)
According to the linked opinion [1], not sure if it is worse. The old guard may have been the equivalent of a bad military council, and the new may have less military resources, may be a better leader, or may be more afraid of the populace.

[1]: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/aug/14/p...

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Re:President of Chad Killed on the Battlefield by tyingq on Tuesday April 20, 2021 @09:33AM (#26874407)
I'll admit to not knowing the details, but dissolving parliament and putting the old guard's son in charge sounds like more of the old guard, but with more power.
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Re:President of Chad Killed on the Battlefield by xbar on Tuesday April 20, 2021 @09:29AM (#26874349)
It calls into question who the enemy on the battlefield might have been.
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