Chadian President Idriss Deby (AFP Photo/Ashraf Shazly)
Voters in Chad go to the polls on Sunday for presidential elections that seem destined to hand the country’s 30-year leader Idriss Deby Itno a sixth term after his most prominent rivals were sidelined. x
Deby is a frontrunner in a poll whose initial field of challengers shrank from 16 to six after candidates were barred or quit, while demonstrations have been banned or dispersed.
“Chad’s security forces have ruthlessly cracked down on protesters and the political opposition… harming Chadians’ right to freely choose their elected representatives,” Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Thursday.
Chad s Deby poised for sixth term in disputed election Idriss Deby is frontrunner in a poll whose initial field of challengers shrank from 16 to six after candidates were barred or quit, while demonstrations have been banned or dispersed. FILE: Chad President Idriss Deby. Picture: AFP.
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N DJAMENA - Voters in Chad go to the polls on Sunday for presidential elections that seem destined to hand the country s 30-year leader Idriss Deby Itno a sixth term after his most prominent rivals were sidelined.
Deby is frontrunner in a poll whose initial field of challengers shrank from 16 to six after candidates were barred or quit, while demonstrations have been banned or dispersed.
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