Chad votes in first Sahel presidential poll since wave of coups By Reuters

By Mahamat Ramadane and Portia CroweN’DJAMENA (Reuters) – Chadians go to the polls on Monday three years after their military leader seized power, in the first presidential election in Africa’s Sahel region since a wave of coups.Analysts say Mahamat Idriss Deby, who seized power the day rebels killed his long-ruling father Idriss Deby in April 2021, is most likely to win, although his chief…