Chadian interim President Mahamat Deby Itno casts his ballot, in N'djamena, May 6, 2024, in a long delayed presidential election that is set to end three years of military rule
Meanwhile, Poland strips Zelensky of its highest honour over naming of military unit after WWII far-right paramilitaries
VOTERS in Chad went to the polls today as the nation is set to become the first of Africa's current military-led countries to adopt democratic rule.
The election concludes three years of transition after the death of long-serving ruler Idriss Deby while fighting rebel forces.
But many in the country are sceptical that any real change is about to take place.
Israel and the US talk as if they’ve won a victory, but the reality is that world opinion has turned decisively against the Israeli regime, says RAMZY BAROUD
Huge protests against corruption and preventable deaths during flooding have rocked the government — the masses are not likely to be able to take direct control in their own interests yet, writes KENNY COYLE, but it’s a promising show of people power
