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Apr
12
2021
By The African Mirror
Chad’s leader targets 6th term

Chad’s leader targets 6th term

NEWS
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…
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Apr
10
2021
By The African Mirror
Arrests in Chad over bomb and murder plot

Arrests in Chad over bomb and murder plot

NEWS
MAHAMAT RAMADANE CHAD's interior ministry says it has arrested several people after uncovering a plot to assassinate prominent political figures and bomb polling stations and the electoral commission headquarters ahead of Sunday's presidential election. Politicians were among those arrested for planning the killings of opposition and civil society leaders in an attempt to frame the government, the ministry said in a statement late on Thursday. Rights groups and opposition politicians say authorities have cracked down on dissent ahead of Sunday's vote when Chad's President Idriss Deby is poised to extend his three-decade rule. One presidential candidate Yaya Dillo has been…
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Mar
01
2021
By The African Mirror
At least two killed in skirmish at Chad opposition candidate’s house

At least two killed in skirmish at Chad opposition candidate’s house

NEWS
AT least two people were killed after security forces went to arrest Chad's opposition candidate Yaya Dillo at his home yesterday, Dillo and the government said. Dillo, who plans to run against President Idriss Deby in a presidential election in April, told Reuters he was attacked at home by members of the presidential guard and that five family members were killed, including his mother. The government said in a statement that security forces went to Dillo's home to arrest him after he refused to respond to two judicial mandates and were met with armed resistance. It did not say what…
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Feb
07
2021
By The African Mirror
Chad police confront protesters as Deby nominated for sixth term

Chad police confront protesters as Deby nominated for sixth term

NEWS
POLICE in Chad fired tear gas and made several arrests as hundreds protested at President Idriss Deby's nomination yesterday to run for a sixth term in April. Deby, 68, who came to power in the 1990 rebellion, pushed through a new constitution in 2018 that reinstated term limits but would let him stay in power until 2033. His opponents accuse him of trying to create a monarchy. "The people's confidence has a sacred value for me," Deby, who took the title of field marshal last August, said as he accepted the nomination of his Patriotic Salvation Movement (MPS) party. In…
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Jan
02
2021
By The African Mirror
Chad locks down capital for first time as COVID-19 cases rise

Chad locks down capital for first time as COVID-19 cases rise

COVID-19
CHAD has locked down its capital N'djamena for the first time since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic and has declared a dusk to dawn curfew due to a rise in infections, a decree signed by President Idriss Deby showed. The West African nation has until now reported a relatively low number of cases compared with other countries in the region, with 2,113 COVID-19 cases since March, and 104 deaths. President Idriss Deby New daily cases fell into the single digits in early December, according to Reuters data. It has risen to double digits in recent days, mostly in the…
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Sep
09
2020
By The African Mirror
Netanyahu and Chad official discuss possible exchange of envoys – Israeli statement

Netanyahu and Chad official discuss possible exchange of envoys – Israeli statement

NEWS
ISRAEL and a Chadian envoy have discussed a possible upgrading of relations that would include a mutual exchange of ambassadors, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office has said. Chadian President Idriss Deby visited Israel in 2018 to start a process of reviving ties that the African country severed in 1972. Israel has cast the process as part of an outreach to the Arab and Muslim world. That process now includes the announcement last month of a normalisation deal with the United Arab Emirates. In Tuesday's talks, a Chadian delegation led by Abdelkarim Deby, the president's son, and Netanyahu discussed "appointing ambassadors…
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