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Two months passed by, with moments of tension by alarming news that arrived and were then belied by the facts but allowed to maintain and monitor the degree of alert necessary for the safety of the village.
The gestation period of the son of Khaliyha and Cristian was completed, and the baby was born normally on May 15 at the start of the rainy season due to the inter-tropical convergence zone, which normally occurs in the area, although sometimes it fails producing droughts of tremendous consequences. In that year it did not fail and rain fell at times torrentially.
A French doctor and his team were mobilized from N'Djamena, the capital of Chad, to be available and assist in the delivery if necessary, but to their relief there was no need of his help and the birth was
