mine-capo ribelli chad muore in libia

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Wednesday, 25 September, 2002: Chadian rebel leader Youssouf Togoimi, whose forces have been battling government troops in Chad, died in Libya on Tuesday. Togoimi, who had been wounded in a mine explosion last August, died at the central hospital in Tripoli, his political and diplomatic advisor Youssouf Barkai told AFP. "His health had been getting a lot better in the past few days and we don't know the exact circumstances of his death," added Barkai. A former defence minister, Togoimi launched an insurgency at the head of the Movement for Democracy and Justice in Chad in 1998, seeking the ouster of President Idriss Deby. [AFP]