The announcement comes days after the military chief’s main rival was killed in murky circumstances. Chad’s military leader has said that he will run in the country’s long-awaited presidential elections in May, just three days after his chief rival was killed in suspicious circumstances. “I, Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, am a candidate for the 2024 presidential election under the banner …
Heavy gunfire erupted in Chad’s capital N’Djamena on Wednesday, just hours after announcements of a long-awaited election date in the central African country. “So, in one sense Deby’s targeting of Dillo also aims to weaken Zaghawa voices opposed to the regime’s policies, and his presidency.” What tensions existed before Wednesday? His iron-fisted father ruled Chad for 30 years, and many …
The announcement comes a day after heavy gunfire erupts in N’Djamena near the headquarters of Yaya Dillo’s party. Dillo was among several people killed when he led an attack on the National State Security Agency in the capital, N’Djamena, the prosecutor said on Thursday. Heavy gunfire was heard on Wednesday in N’Djamena near the headquarters of Dillo’s Socialist Party Without …
Yaya Dillo tells reporters his mother and son were among five of his family members killed when security forces raided his home in N’Djamena. A former rebel leader and candidate in Chad’s upcoming presidential election has said that security forces raided his home in the capital N’Djamena and killed several of his family members. Yaya Dillo told France’s RFI radio …
