Chad

Seven candidates are operating, together with President Idriss Déby Itno, who has been in energy for greater than 30 years. The pinnacle of state leaves the hyper-favorite within the face of a really divided opposition. However what are the expectations of the inhabitants? With our particular correspondent in Ndjamena,…

This is a total negative…

The campaign for the presidential election ends on Friday with a final meeting between the head of state in the capital. Several opposition candidates have left the campaign outside Ndjamena, especially in the south of the country. In central Ndjamena, there are posters of the head of state everywhere, states our special…

The National Human Rights Commission released a report on this on Friday, April 2. The Chadian authorities have reacted: they acknowledge the facts and promise sanctions. However, they urge not to generalize so as not to damage the image of the Chadian army. The facts took place in March in the Tillabéri region of western…

One week before the first round of presidential elections in Chad, groups of young people tried to march in several districts of the capital for a ninth Saturday of mobilization against a new mandate from head of state Idriss Déby Itno. These marches, banned by the authorities, are spreading rapidly. as reported from…

In Chad, former rebel Abdelkader Baba Laddé announced on Thursday, April 1, that he had joined the head of state, Idriss Déby. The rebel leader, who has disappeared from the radar since he was released from prison, appeared in a meeting with the Chadian president in Bongor in the south of the country. Abdelkader Baba Laddé,…

In Chad, tensions appear to be rising on Friday, April 2, more than a week before the first round of presidential elections. The home of opponent Saleh Kebzabo, who withdrew his candidacy against outgoing President Idriss Déby Itno, who was vying for a sixth term, was surrounded by police and security forces. as reported from…

Chadian opponent Saleh Kebzabo, who is fighting for a boycott of the April 11 presidential election, plans to hold a large rally on a vacant lot in front of his home in Ndjamena on Friday. The gathering was banned on behalf of government delegates to the capital. Saleh Kebzabo condemns a violation of his rights, remains and signs.…

A pearl strike had been called since January and paralyzed the administration every two weeks. This was a broken promise from the government, which has committed to restoring social benefits that have been suppressed since 2016 due to the fall in oil prices. Today, the difference continues behind the scenes of a social pact, a first in five years of negotiations. The ten-page document is being studied at the office of the union protest platform. The goal of this pact that the government proposes is written in black and…

Three of the ten presidential candidates in Chad on April 11, who officially withdrew from the electoral process, but were held in the course of the country's highest court, have their names and photos in place on the by-elections handed out to the party. Opponent Saleh Kebzabo, one of these "candidates in spite of himself", as they are called, has launched a bizarre campaign in Mayo-Kebbi East…