Chad Interim Leader Launches Election Campaign
Chad's interim President Mahamat Idriss Déby has started campaigning for the presidential elections meant to restore his country to democratic civilian rule. He will face nine other candidates in the poll scheduled for 6 May, including the junta-appointed Prime Minister Succès Masra. "You know me, I am soldier and I hold my promises," Reuters news agency quoted Mr Déby as saying at his first campaign rally in the capital, N'Djamena. […]