N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - Chad has named its ambassador to China, Allamaye Halina, as its new prime minister, according to a decree read on state television on Thursday, after newly elected President Mahamat Idriss Deby was sworn in to succeed his late father.

(Reporting by Mahamat Ramadane; Writing by Alessandra Prentice; Editing by Jonathan Oatis)