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Ex-Chad leader Hissène Habré to be buried in Senegal

Former Chadian president Hissène Habré is due to be buried on Thursday.

The former president died on Tuesday from Covid complications while serving a life sentence in Senegal for crimes against humanity.

His family said on Wednesday that he would be buried in the Muslim cemetery of Yoff in the Senegalese capital Dakar.

Habré was found guilty in 2016 of crimes committed while he was president from 1982 to 1990.

Source:Fiilafmonline/BBC

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