CHAD ELECTION RESULTS

Chad’s incumbent ruler, Mahamat Déby, won a landslide victory in the recent presidential election - but the opposition is crying foul.

Déby’s main rival was assassinated ahead of the vote, and the opposition says its people faced intimidation and threats in the run-up to the May 6th poll. Their candidate, who came second, alleges vote-rigging and has urged people to protest the result.

Déby has been cozying up to the French, for whom Chad is one of their ever dwindling places of influence in Africa, having been kicked out of the Sahel. So France for one will be celebrating the outcome.

What do you think of Déby‘s retaining power in Chad?