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Presidential election kicks off in Chad - World News sina.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sina.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Chad President Idriss Deby, one of Africa’s longest-serving leaders, is defying growing opposition to his bid for a sixth term as he seeks re-election on Sunday.
Chadians are going to polls that are widely expected to see the 68-year-old extend his 30-year premiership. ....
Last Updated: Idriss Deby Itno Seeks 6th Term In Chad Election Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno closed his campaign on Friday in N Djamena, seeking to extend his three-decade long rule - the sixth time he has run for office. Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno closed his campaign on Friday in N Djamena, seeking to extend his three-decade long rule - the sixth time he has run for office. Arriving at a stadium in the capital for a rally, he greeted his supporters from the top of a truck. Speaking at the rally, Deby told thousands of supporters that there are Chadians who call themselves leaders of political parties or civil society, who want to damage the headquarters of CENI (Independent National Electoral Commission) . ....
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. ....
9 April 2021By AFP 2 min 2Approximate reading time As veteran leader Idriss Deby Itno goes for a sixth term in Chad’s presidential vote on Sunday, we look back on the key events of his 30 years at the helm of the huge mostly desert African state. – 1990: Seizes the capital – Former army chief turned rebel leader, Deby seizes power in December 1990 when his troops enter the capital N’Djamena and send dictator Hissene Habre fleeing into exile in Senegal. After six years of transition towards democracy, he is elected president in 1996 in Chad’s first multi-party election, bringing some of the political opposition into government. ....