World in brief: October 20, 2022
CHAD: Military ruler Mahamat Idriss Deby has declared a state of emergency due to exceptional flooding affecting more than a million people.
Nearly 1,930 sq miles of fields have flooded, killing thousands of cattle.
Chad is the world's third-poorest country, according to the United Nations' Human Development Index.
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