Chad: Idriss Déby Protected By International Partners for 'Strategic Reasons'

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On 10 April, voters in Chad will be asked whether they want 65-year-old Idriss Déby to be their president for a fifth term.

Déby has been in power since 1990. This means that most of Chad's youth - who make up the majority of the population in this oil-rich central African country - have known only one president all their lives.

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