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Chad starts ‘national dialogue’ to pave way for elections

Mahamat Idriss Deby took power in April 2021, at the age of just 37, after his father, who ruled for 30 years, was killed on the battlefield [File: Cheick Diouara/Reuters]

Delayed talks on Chad’s future that the ruling military says are a “decisive moment” opened despite some some opposition groups boycotting the gathering.

More than 1,400 delegates from the military, civil society, opposition parties, trade unions and rebel groups gathered on Saturday in the capital, N’Djamena, for the “national dialogue” that is expected to last three weeks.

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