N'DJAMENA: Chadians lined up on Monday to vote three years after military leader Mahamat Idris Deby seized power, in the first presidential election i...
Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Deby arrives to cast his vote for the presidential elections in N’Djamena, Chad, May 6, 2024. - REUTERSPIX: Chadians lined up on Monday to vote three years after military leader Mahamat Idris Deby seized power, in the first presidential election in Africa's Sahel region since a wave of coups.
“Today I’m upholding a fourth commitment which was to complete the transition process launched in our country 3 years ago. It is now up to the people to vote massively to choose their president,“ Deby said in a post on Facebook after voting. The vote coincides with a temporary withdrawal of U.S. troops from Chad, an important Western ally in a region of West and Central Africa courted by Russia and wracked by jihadism.
The U.S., however, announced a temporary withdrawal of at least some troops last month following an order by Chad's air force chief that the U.S. halt activities at an air base.The vote pits Deby against his prime minister Succes Masra, previously a political opponent who fled into exile in 2022 but was allowed back a year later. Also running are former prime minister Albert Pahimi Padacke and seven other candidates.
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