Chad’s leader targets 6th term
MAHAMAT RAMADANE and JOEL KOUAM VOTE counting has started in Chad after a tense presidential election yesterday that is likely to see President Idriss Deby extend his three-decade rule, despite signs of growing discontent over his handling of the nation's oil wealth. Election officials began counting ballots at a polling station in centre of the capital N'Djamena immediately after polls closed, watched by a group of observers, a Reuters reporter said. The election commission has until April 25 to announce provisional results. Deby, 68, was the first to cast his ballot at a polling station in the capital N'Djamena. He…
