In Chad’s presidential election on May 6, 2024, Mahamat Idriss Deby, interim leader and son of former President Idriss Deby, secured a victory that extended the family’s decades-long rule. This election was the first since the military junta formed in 2021 following his father’s death. Despite calls for transparent civilian rule, international observers criticized the […]
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