Chad’s Idriss Deby wins 6th term as army fends off rebel advance

Veteran president, who came to power in a rebellion in 1990, took 79.3 percent of the vote in the April 11 election.

Chad’s President Idriss Deby has won a sixth term, according to provisional election results, as the army said it had beaten back a column of fighters advancing on the capital, Ndjamena. The 68-year-old Deby, who came to power in a rebellion in 1990, took 79.3 percent of the vote in the April 11 election, the results showed on Monday. Top opposition leaders boycotted the vote.