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Chad votes in first Sahel presidential poll since wave of coups

People attend Chad's transitional president and presidential election candidate Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno's final presidential election campaign rally at the Place des Nations, in N'Djamena on 4 May 2024. © Issouf Sanogo / AFP

Chadians go to the polls on Monday three years after their military leader seized power, in the first presidential election in Africa's Sahel region since a wave of coups.

Analysts say Mahamat Idriss Deby, who seized power the day rebels killed his long-ruling father Idriss Deby in April 2021, is most likely to win, although his chief opponent has been drawing larger-than-expected crowds on the campaign trail.

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