Leader who took office in 1990 coup expected to win fifth term despite facing unprecedented levels of dissent and protestSix million Chadians have begun voting in an election likely to see president Idriss Déby extend his 26-year rule in a country increasingly on the frontline of the global war on terrorism.
Déby,the warrior president who took office in a 1990 military coup, faces 12 challengers but is widely expected to win a fifth term after consolidating his grip on power in the central African nation.
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Source: theguardian.com