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Chad junta chief Deby wins presidential vote

Mahamat Idriss Deby is sworn in as Chad's transitional president in N'Djamena on October 10, 2022. [AFP]

Chad's junta chief Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno won this week's presidential election in the first round, according to provisional official results released Thursday, extending his family's decades-long grip on power.

Monday's vote aimed to end three years of military rule in a country crucial to the fight against jihadism across Africa's Sahel desert region.

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