Chad parades rebel prisoners
Minister says captured rebels, minors included, will be treated as prisoners of war.
Bachir did not explain why the government had waited for more than a week after the February 2 attack on Ndjamena to present the prisoners.
Deby’s government accuses the Sudanese government of supporting the rebel coalition in Chad in order to export so-called “Arab Islamic militancy” across the Sahara.
Bachir said: “Even those who are Chadian are not really Chadian, they are mercenaries in the pay of Sudan.”
“They came to invade our country, they were sent by Omar al-Bashir [the Sudanese president] to come and destabilise not only Chad, but all of Africa.”
The minister said the captives would be treated as prisoners of war, even those who seemed to be under 18.