Armed men tried to storm Chad's presidential palace when President Mahamat Idriss ... vigilance and courage of the ...

Wednesday, authorities said. President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno was inside the palace at the time of the attack.

Chad's government said security forces had foiled an attempt to destabilise the country on Wednesday evening, after bursts of gunfire rang out near the president's office in the capital N'Djamena and ...