Chad’s state election body said on Thursday that interim President Mahamat Idriss Deby had won the May 6 presidential election outright with over 61 per cent of the vote, citing provisional results, even as his main challenger declared himself the winner. Chad’s junta has become the first of the coup-hit countries in West and Central … Read more
A man was shot dead on Monday after voting in Chad’s presidential election by an attacker who did not have an electoral card and had been barred from voting, electoral officials told Agence France-Presse. The unknown gunman opened fire indiscriminately, hitting a 65-year-old who had just cast his ballot in Moundou, said Ousmane Houzibe, head … Read more
The central African country’s presidential election is set to take place in May. Authorities in Chad have cleared 10 candidates for this year’s long-awaited presidential election, barring two fierce opponents of the military government from standing. Chad’s Constitutional Council announced on Sunday that outspoken opposition figures Nassour Ibrahim Neguy Koursami and Rakhis Ahmat Saleh would … Read more
Heavy gunfire erupted in Chad’s capital N’Djamena on Wednesday, just hours after announcements of a long-awaited election date in the central African country. The Chadian government said its security forces pushed back against members of the opposition Socialist Party Without Borders (PSF), who led an attack on state security forces early Wednesday after an altercation … Read more
Succes Masra, a former opposition leader who just returned to Chad after exile, was named prime minister by the country’s interim administration, Al Jazeera reports. Mahamat Alhabo, the new secretary-general of the president of Chad, announced on January 1st, that Mr Masra will hold the position during the country’s transition to civilian governance. Mr Masra, … Read more
Referendum held earlier this month has been approved by 86 percent of voters, say the officials. Chadians have voted in favour of a new constitution that critics say could help consolidate the power of military leader Mahamat Idriss Deby. The referendum held earlier this month was approved by 86 percent of voters, the government commission … Read more
Sierra Leonean President Julius Bio said on Saturday that his government’s response to an attempted coup last week would be dictated by “respect for the law”. “The attempted coup will be treated by my government as a simple matter of public order and not as a political, tribal or religious issue,” Mr Bio said in … Read more
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