N’Djamena, Chad – AFP A deadly fire erupted late Tuesday at a huge military ammunition depot in Chad’s capital N’Djamena, causing weapons to fire into the air, the government and witnesses said. Blasts from the depot in the capital’s Goudji area were heard miles away, AFP journalists said, adding that projectiles ...
KAGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Chad’s Constitutional Council has confirmed transitional President Gen. Mahamat Idriss Deby as the winner of the May 6 presidential election. Deby garnered 61% of the vote compared to his main challenger, Prime Minister Succes Masra, who won 18.54%, according to final results announced by Constitutional Counci...
N’Djamena, Chad — AFP Chadian soldiers have been deployed in large numbers across several districts of the capital after late-night celebrations marked the presidential election victory of junta leader General Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno. Even before the official results gave Deby more than 61 percent in Monday’s ballot, the pre...
N’Djamena, Chad – AFP The death of the leading adversary of Chad’s ruling junta in an army assault was an “assassination” by the presidential guard, his opposition party has alleged. Yaya Dillo Djerou, who led the Socialist Party Without Borders (PSF), died ahead of a May election, in which he was set to face his ...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Chad’s transitional President Gen. Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno has appointed former opposition leader Succes Masra as prime minister. “Dr. Succes Masra is appointed prime minister, head of the transition government,” said a presidential decree read out on national television. Masra will serve through the transiti...
