Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Chad Declares Victory Public Holiday

Sources: AFP (Ndjamena) and Chad bank and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Chad's President, Idriss Deby Itno, has announced that tomorrow, Wednesday, May 13, 2009, would be a national public holiday to celebrate the government's recent victory over what it calls "the columns of mercenaries paid by the Khartoum regime".