Chad’s military is responsible for the deaths of detainees who were arrested following the October 2022 anti-government demonstrations, according to a new report by Human Rights Watch (HRW), which details the abuse and poor conditions protesters faced in one of the country’s most dangerous prisons,...
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When polls in the landlocked central African country of Chad open on May 6, it will be the first of coup-hit states across Central and West Africa to use the ballot box to try to emerge from years of military rule. But no one really believes...
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Chad’s constitutional court this week barred 10 candidates, including three principal opponents of the governing junta, from May’s presidential election, a vote that aims to bring about the return of democratic rule three years after the military seized control of the Sahel nation, Radio France...
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Opposition and civil society leaders in Chad recently asked the military junta running the Central African country to ask French troops to leave. The opposition leaders want France, which formerly ruled Chad as a colony, to stop meddling in the country’s affairs, wrote Voice of America....
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Human rights organizations accused the Chadian government of executing and torturing protesters who participated in last week’s demonstrations against the country’s military ruler’s plans to extend his grip on power, EURACTIV reported Tuesday. Last week, thousands of people protested across Chad to denounce a move by...
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Chad approved new resolutions this week that would delay democratic elections by two years and extend the term of interim President Mahamat Idriss Deby, Reuters reported. Since April 2021, Chad has been ruled by a military junta led by Deby, who came to power following the...
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Chad’s military government signed a peace deal with more than 40 opposition groups Monday, an agreement that is expected to kickstart reconciliation talks in the restive African nation, Al Jazeera reported. The government and rebel groups signed the accord in the Qatari capital of Doha following...
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