[FILES] A Chad national flag flies at half staff outside a building on April 21, 2021, after Chad’s President Idriss Deby Itno died on April 20, 2021, from wounds suffred in battle after three decades in power.<br />
Chadian police fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of protesters who had gathered on Saturday to condemn the military junta which took power after the death of president Idriss Deby Itno.
The rally was called by the Wakit Tamma, a coalition of opposition parties and civil society groups, to denounce the Transitional Military Council.
The TMC is headed by 37-year-old Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, the son of the president who died in April fighting northern rebels after more than three decades in power.
Deby junior has promised “free and democratic” elections following an 18-month national dialogue process of reconciliation.
But he recently refused to rule out prolonging the transition period if “certain conditions” were not fulfilled.
Chadian authorities…
Source: Guardian Newspaper
