Chad: Prime Minister resigns after civil servant strikes

Chad's prime minister Moussa Faki has resigned after a series of strikes by unpaid civil servants and signs of increasing tensions with President Idriss Deby, diplomats and parliamentarians said on Friday. Faki, who comes from the same influential Zagawa tribe as the president, was appointed prime minister in June 2003. He stood down last Thursday and was replaced by Pascal Yoadimnadji, a former agriculture minister, state radio said.