Chad's military president Mahamat Idriss Deby Etno on Monday signed a deal with more than 40 opposition groups to launch national peace talks later this month, although the main rebel outfit has refused to take part. The 38-year-old general and opposition representatives sealed the accord at a ceremony in Doha after five months of mediation by Qatar. The landmark talks will start in N'Djamena on August 20. The Front for ...