Chad’s former President Hissene Habre, an ally of the West during the Cold War who was later jailed for war crimes and crimes against humanity, is dead.

A spokesperson for the Senegalese Justice Ministry disclosed this on Tuesday.

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Habre fled to Senegal after being ousted in a 1990 coup.

In 2016 he was sentenced to life in prison for rape and ordering the killing and torture of thousands of political opponents during his eight-year rule.