N'DJAMENA, April 12 (Reuters) - A group of Libya-based rebels attacked a Chadian border post in the north of the country as polling stations began counting votes from the weekend presidential election, the Chad government said late on Monday.
As Chad waits for the results of Sunday s presidential election, the African Union said the vote was peaceful amid calls for a boycott by the opposition.
Incumbent President Idriss Deby is expected to extend his 30-year rule in the seven-candidate race, facing no major rivals and a campaign in which demonstrations were banned or violently dispersed.
Despite an Africanews correspondent reporting polling stations were quiet in the capital N djamena, the ruling party said voter turnout was high.
Voter turnout has yet to be announced by the electoral body. All over the country, since dawn, voters headed en masse to the various polling stations to exercise their first democratic right, said Mahamat Zen Bada Abbas, General Secretary, Patriotic Salvation Movement.
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Polls opened on Sunday in Chad's presidential election with incumbent Idriss Deby one of the first to cast his ballot. The 68-year-old is expected to extend