N’Djamena Buries Idriss Deby

The stage is already set at the Chadian capital, N’Djamena where the rest of Africa and the World will join the Chadian people today to pay last respect to President Idriss Deby Itno killed at the battle field and officially announced dead on Tuesday 20 April, 2021.  President Paul Biya who had earlier sent words of compassion to the Head of the Transitional Military Council and to the people of Chad subsequently dispatched his representative to the funeral ceremony. 
Joseph Beti Assomo, Minister Delegate at the Presidency in charge of Defence accompanied by a delegation of eight officials including Cameroon’s Ambassador to Chad, Mohaman Sani Tanimou arrived at the Chadian capital in the later part of the afternoon where they will actively participate in the historic ceremony. The leader of the Transitional Military Council, Mahamat Idriss Deby, last evening received President Paul Biya’s representative who handed to him a sealed message from the Cameroonian leader.
Chadian authorities were busy putting things together yesterday ahead of the event amid an atmosphere of uneasy calm, desperation and uncertainty. The usual ambiance characteristic of N’Djamena was virtually absent for obvious reasons. The country, as one inhabitant described, is going through very “trying moment”. According to him, the death of their President took them by surprise and it takes two to tango to decipher such a tr...