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Chad Hints at Sudan's Involvement in the Assassination of Its Former President

The late Chadian President Idriss Deby answers questions of journalists, with then-US Ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, by his side, at the Presidential Palace in N'Djamena on April 20, 2016 (AP)."
The late Chadian President Idriss Deby answers questions of journalists, with then-US Ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, by his side, at the Presidential Palace in N'Djamena on April 20, 2016 (AP)."
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Chad Hints at Sudan's Involvement in the Assassination of Its Former President

The late Chadian President Idriss Deby answers questions of journalists, with then-US Ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, by his side, at the Presidential Palace in N'Djamena on April 20, 2016 (AP)."
The late Chadian President Idriss Deby answers questions of journalists, with then-US Ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, by his side, at the Presidential Palace in N'Djamena on April 20, 2016 (AP)."

Chad on Friday accused Sudan of being involved in the assassination of its former president, Idriss Deby, and of arming and financing terrorist groups operating in the region with the aim of destabilizing Chad.
Chad claims Sudan is aiding a rebellion by members of the Zaghawa ethnic group operating out of Sudan's southwestern El Facher region.
"Sudan is financing and arming terrorist groups operating in the sub-region with the aim of destabilizing Chad," foreign affairs minister and government spokesman Abderaman Koulamallah said in a press release.
He held the Sudanese military authorities responsible for the rebellion of which he claimed was behind the assassination of Idriss Deby.
The Zaghawa group based in Sudan is led by Ousman Dillo, the younger brother of Chadian opposition leader Yaya Dillo Djerou, who was killed by Chadian military forces earlier this year.
In February 2008, a Zaghawa group based in Sudan launched a lightning offensive in Chad along with other groups, forcing former president Idriss Deby to take refuge in his presidential palace, before he was able to repel them.
In 2021, Idriss Deby died fighting other rebel forces in the north of the country, just after he was elected president for the sixth time. He was succeeded by his son, Mohamed Idriss Deby, commonly known as 'Kaka'.
Sudan's government has accused Chad of meddling in its own civil war by helping to deliver weapons to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary forces.
The Sudanese war, which pits the army against the RSF, broke out in April 2023 and has killed tens of thousands of people and displaced more than 11 million, including 3.1 million who are now sheltering beyond the country's borders, monitors say.

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G7 Leaders Endorse Israel-Hezbollah Ceasefire and Insist Israel Follow International Law

From left, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot, Canada's Foreign Minister Melanie Joly, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, Britain's Foreign Office Political Director Christian Turner, and European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell pose for a family photo at the G7 of foreign Ministers in Fiuggi, some 70 kilometers south-east of Rome, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024. (AP)
From left, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot, Canada's Foreign Minister Melanie Joly, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, Britain's Foreign Office Political Director Christian Turner, and European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell pose for a family photo at the G7 of foreign Ministers in Fiuggi, some 70 kilometers south-east of Rome, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024. (AP)
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G7 Leaders Endorse Israel-Hezbollah Ceasefire and Insist Israel Follow International Law

From left, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot, Canada's Foreign Minister Melanie Joly, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, Britain's Foreign Office Political Director Christian Turner, and European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell pose for a family photo at the G7 of foreign Ministers in Fiuggi, some 70 kilometers south-east of Rome, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024. (AP)
From left, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot, Canada's Foreign Minister Melanie Joly, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, Britain's Foreign Office Political Director Christian Turner, and European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell pose for a family photo at the G7 of foreign Ministers in Fiuggi, some 70 kilometers south-east of Rome, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024. (AP)

Foreign ministers from the world’s industrialized countries said Tuesday they strongly supported an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah and insisted that Israel comply with international law in its ongoing military operations in the region.

At the end of their two-day summit, the ministers didn’t refer directly to the International Criminal Court and its recent arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defense minister over crimes against humanity.

Italy had put the ICC warrants on the official meeting agenda, even though the G7 was split on the issue. The US, Israel’s closest ally, isn’t a signatory to the court and has called the warrants “outrageous.”

However, the EU’s chief diplomat Josep Borrell said all the other G7 countries were signatories and therefore obliged to respect the warrants.

In the end, the final statement adopted by the ministers said Israel, in exercising its right to defend itself, “must fully comply with its obligations under international law in all circumstances, including international humanitarian law.”

And it said all G7 members — Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States – “reiterate our commitment to international humanitarian law and will comply with our respective obligations.” It stressed that “there can be no equivalence between the terrorist group Hamas and the State of Israel.”

The ICC warrants say there's reason to believe Netanyahu used “starvation as a method of warfare” by restricting humanitarian aid and intentionally targeted civilians in Israel’s campaign against Hamas in Gaza — charges Israeli officials deny.