An important Chadian rebel leader, in exile for years after trying to overthrow former President Idriss Déby Itno, returned Wednesday August 17 to N'Djamena, two days before a national dialogue between the civil and armed opposition and the ruling junta, noted an AFP journalist.
Timan Erdimi, the leader of the Union of Resistance Forces (UFR), whose columns swooping down on N'Djamena in 2019 were halted by bombings from French army planes, landed at the airport of N'Djamena where around fifty relatives were waiting for him at 08:10 (07:10 GMT) Timan Erdimi must participate, from Saturday, in a major inclusive national dialogue, which must lead to "
free and democratic
" elections and the transfer of powers to civilians.