Chad goes to the polls

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.
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