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Rebels threaten to march on capital as Chad reels from president’s battlefield death

People drive past a Chad army tank near the presidential palace, after Chad's President Idriss Deby was killed on the frontline in N'djamena, Chad. [Reuters]

Rebel forces set their sights on Chad’s capital N’Djamena on Wednesday following the battlefield death of President Idriss Deby, threatening to bring more disruption to a country vital to international efforts to combat Islamist militants in Africa.

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