Military-ruled Chad votes for president in bloody transition
A man casts his ballot at a polling station at the school in the Abena district, Bureau 2 Carré 27, in N'Djamena on May 6, 2024 during Chad's presidential election. PHOTO | AFP
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More than 8.2 million people are registered to vote in the largely desert central African country, ranked by the United Nations as the fourth least-developed country in the world.
They will choose whether to extend three decades of Deby family rule, in a country crucial in the fight against jihadism across the Sahel desert region.
