Chad Tensions Rise After Burial of Late President Idriss Deby 

NDJAMENA - An uneasy calm pervades Chad’s capital N’Djamena since Friday’s funeral for President Idriss Deby, who ruled the central African country for more than 30 years. Civilians say handing over power to Deby’s 37-year-old son to lead a transitional military council for 18 months is undemocratic.

Inoussa Labarang, 37,  feeds his 27 chickens at his residence in Farcha, a neighborhood in Chad’s capital N’Djamena.  Labarang says he expected to sell two chickens to raise money and buy millet to feed his family for at least three days.   But no customer has come since the country’s long-serving President Idriss Deby was killed during a clash with rebels, he said.