Chad's former President HISSENE HABRE, has been granted two months leave from prison in Senegal, where he is serving a life sentence for crimes against humanity.

The reason for this decision is because the prison is being used to hold new detainees in corona virus quarantine.

HABRE was convicted of crimes against humanity in 2016 and sentenced to life in prison at a landmark trial in Senegal after being accused of rape, sexual slavery and ordering killings during his rule from 1982 to 1990.

HABRE will serve the temporary leave at his home in Ouakam, a district of Senegal's capital, Dakar, and return to prison afterwards.