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Thousands gather to wish Chad's slain president "a deserved rest"

Soldiers carry the coffin of the late Chad President Idriss Deby during the state funeral in N'Djamena, Chad. [Reuters]

Thousands of people gathered in Chad’s capital N’Djamena yesterday for the state funeral of President Idriss Deby, whose death while leading his troops against a rebel offensive has thrown the country into crisis.

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