 To all the parts of Africa, the military junta that took power in Chad last month after the death of veteran leader Idris Derby has named a transition government. The Transitional Military Council had pledged to restore democracy to the poor Sahel country within 18 months after what the opposition condemned as an institutional coup. Derby's 37-year-old Sun Mohammad, the country's new strongman named a government comprising 40 ministers and deputy ministers. Derby also created a new national reconciliation mission to be headed by a former rebel chief who became a diplomatic advisor to the presidency in 2019. Updates