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Melissa Chemam with RFI

Concerns ahead of Chad elections after death of main opposition figure

Former Chadian presidential election candidate Yaya Dillo in N'djamena in April 2021. Dillo was killed on 28 February, 2024. AFP - ISSOUF SANOGO

The death of Yaya Dillo – the main rival to transitional Chadian president Mahamat Idriss Déby in upcoming elections in May – has deepened the political strife plaguing the country.

The European Union and Human Rights Watch have called for an international investigation into Dillo's death, which his party has labelled an assassination.

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