One of Chad's largest rebel groups refused to sign a pledge to disarm and participate in a reconciliation dialogue. However, Foreign Minister Cherif Mahamat Zene told DW that the door remained open.
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Chad: President Deby wins reelection, extending 30 years in power
Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno has won a sixth term in office, according to provisional election results. He had campaigned for peace and security in a country afflicted by violence.
Deby is set for a sixth term as president
Chad s incumbent president, Idriss Deby Itno, has been reelected for a sixth term with 79.32% of the vote, provisional results released by the election commission showed on Monday.
Former prime minister Albert Pahimi Padacke came in second with 10.32% of the vote, while Chad s first female president candidate, Lydie Beassemda, secured 3.16%. The election was boycotted by the country s top opposition leaders.
Chad leader Idriss Deby dies on battlefield after winning reelection
Idriss Deby took power in a coup decades ago and died fighting against rebels trying to oust him. Over 30 years, Deby has been a maverick figure in the Sahel region, with friends in the West but enemies close to home.
Chadian President Idriss Deby died on a battlefied on April 20, the military said
Idriss Deby, the son of a shepherd who went on to lead his country Chad and become one of Africa s longest serving heads of state, has died on a battlefield with anti-government rebels. He was 68.
The shock announcement came from the Chadian military, just a day after Deby was confirmed president-elect after securing nearly 80 percent of the April, 11 election. Meanwhile, Deby s son, Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, has taken over as leader of a transitional military council, the military said.
Chad awaits presidential election result
Votes are being counted in Chad s presidential election, which is widely expected to give incumbent Idris Deby a sixth term.
President Idris Deby (second right) is expected to win a sixth term in office In general, voters decided to stay in their homes because they say that they have been voting in the previous election, but there has been no change. So, there was no point in them going out to vote, says DW s Fred Muvuyi in the capital N Djamena.
and had no kind words for President Deby. Even if I voted, there would be no change. This is a sham election, he told DW.