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Military-ruled Chad votes for president in bloody transition

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The president of the transition in Chad, Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, on August 11, 2023 in N'Djamena. [AFP]

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.

Voters will choose whether to extend decades of Deby family rule in one of the world's poorest countries, a crucial territory in the fight against jihadism across the Sahel desert region.

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