Chad opposition protests military involvement in May 6 presidential polls
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FILE - Success Masra, center, gestures as he arrives for a meeting of the Chadian political party Succes Masra (C) gestures as he arrives for a meeting of the Chadian political party The Transformers, in N'Djamena, March 10, 2024. FILE - Chadian interim President Mahamat Idriss Deby speaks during the launch of his presidential campaign ahead of the May elections in N'Djamena, Chad, April 14, 2024. FILE - Chadian opposition leader Succes Masra (C) waves while arriving to a polling station to cast his vote during the constitutional referendum in N'Djamena, on Dec. 17, 2023.
Angry youths in Chad are pulling down campaign posters of transitional President General Mahamat Idriss Deby in protest of what they call his attempt to seize power. Deby's main challengers in the May 6 election, including former opposition leader and current Prime Minister Succes Masra, say several hundred of their supporters have been arrested. Some among the disgruntled opposition are calling for an election boycott.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin attend a welcoming ceremony in front of the Great Hall of the People in Tiananmen Square in Beijing on May 16, 2024. (Russian state agency Sputnik via AFP) Russia's national flag flies beside the Chinese flag in front of Tiananmen Gate next to Tiananmen Square during the state visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing on May 16, 2024.
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