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N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - Chadians go to the polls on Monday three years after their military leader seized power, in the first presidential election in Africa's Sahel region since a wave of coups. Analysts say Mahamat Idriss Deby, who seized power the day rebels killed his long-ruling father Idriss Deby in April 2021, is most likely to win, although his chief opponent has been drawing larger-than-expected crowds on the campaign trail. Since replacing his father at the helm of the oil-producing Central African country, Deby has remained close with former colonial power and longtime al...

Ambassador Babagana Kingibe, the Nigerian Special Envoy to Chad for the summit of the Heads of State and Governments of the Lake Chad Basin Commission on

Chadians vote for a president on Monday in an election purportedly aimed at ending military rule but dismissed by opponents of junta leader, Mahamat Idriss Deby, as a fix following violent repression.

The country is set to become the first of Africa's current junta-led states to move to democratic rule.

Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno widely expected to win poll as observers voice doubts over electoral process