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Chad held its long delayed presidential election following three years of military rule. Deby Itno seized power after his father, who spent three decades in power, was killed fighting rebels in 2021. The oil-exporting country of nearly 18 million became independent in 1960 after decades of French colonial rule.
Chad's military ruler Mahamat Déby has been declared the official winner of the presidential elections, legitimising his grip on power. Gen Déby won 61.3% of the vote, according to the state's ...
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N'DJAMENA (Reuters) -Chad's constitutional council confirmed Mahamat Idriss Deby as winner of the May 6 presidential election on Thursday after dismissing challenges by two losing candidates ...
N'DJAMENA (Reuters) -Chad's state election body said on Thursday interim President Mahamat Idriss Deby had won the May 6 presidential election outright with over 61% of the vote, citing ...
Western leaders congratulated Deby Itno despite irregularities in the vote, which included Chad's decision to ban 2,900 EU-trained observers from monitoring the election. Chad is seen by the U.S. and France as one of the last remaining stable allies in the vast Sahel region following military coups in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger in recent years.
Presidential elections were held in Chad on 6 May 2024. [1] [2] The elections followed a constitutional referendum held on 17 December 2023, following the death of President Idriss Déby in 2021. [3] [4] Incumbent transitional president Mahamat Déby, the son of Idriss Déby, ran as the candidate of the Patriotic Salvation Movement, winning the ...
The current head of state of Chad is Mahamat Déby, since 20 April 2021, when he took power in a military coup following the death of his father, President Idriss Déby. Mahamat Déby was President of the Transitional Military Council, a military junta, from 20 April 2021 until 10 October 2022, when he was sworn is as Transitional President of ...
A constitutional referendum in Chad was held on 17 December 2023 [1] [2] on a new constitution formulated following the death of President Idriss Déby in 2021. [3] The draft had been approved by the National Transitional Council on 27 June 2023. [4] Provisional results were announced on 24 December 2023, [5] [6] and they were validated by the ...
210 fighters captured (Chadian government figures) [6] 6 civilians killed during protests [7] [8] The Northern Chad offensive was a military offensive in Northern Chad, initiated by the Chadian rebel group Front for Change and Concord in Chad (FACT), took place from 11 April to 9 May 2021. [9] It began in the Tibesti Region in the north of the ...