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Chad: Chad Junta's Main Opponents Barred From Presidential Election
Daily Trust, 24 March 2024
Authorities in Chad said on Sunday they had barred 10 candidates, including two fierce opponents of the military regime, from standing in the presidential election on May 6. Read more »
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Chad: Chad's Opposition Says Deby Jumping the Gun On Presidential Campaigning
VOA, 11 April 2024
Opposition candidates are accusing Chad's military ruler, General Mahamat Idriss Deby, of flouting election rules and launching his campaign before the official starting date of… Read more »
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Chad: Chad's Junta Leader Orders Military Crackdown After Opposition Calls for Election Boycott
VOA, 18 April 2024
In response to growing campaign violence, Chad's transitional president, General Mahamat Idriss Deby, has ordered his military to arrest angry civilians and make sure peace reigns… Read more »
Chad's Junta Leader Orders Military Crackdown Ahead of Elections
Amid increasing electoral violence, the country's Transitional President General Mahamat Idriss Deby has said he will not allow anyone to disrupt the upcoming presidential poll. Deby said government troops have been quelling confrontations between his supporters and opposition followers in towns and villages across the country since the campaign began. Opposition and civil society groups, which have called for a boycott of the vote, dismiss it as a sham.
InFocus
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President Idriss Déby looks set to be elected for yet another term in Chad following the presidential elections held on April 11, 2021. In power since 1990, this will be the ... Read more »
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The country is holding its presidential elections amid street protests by opposition parties and an increasing threat of violence from militant groups. Read more »
