N'Djamena - Chad voted in a presidential election on
Sunday with incumbent Idriss Deby running for a fifth term in office, arguing
that only his government can maintain stability in the face of a threat from
Islamist militants.
Boko Haram has staged a series of attacks in Chad in the
past year as part of a campaign to expand its Islamist insurgency from bases in
northeastern Nigeria into neighbouring countries.
The president, who led a rebellion to power in 1990, is
favourite to defeat 13 challengers including opposition leader Saleh Kebzabo
who argues that Chad needs change.
Chad's constitution allows Deby to run but he has pledged to
reintroduce term limits which were abolished by his government in 2004. Other
African leaders have been trying to abolish term limits in order to extend
their rules, leading to violence in Burundi, Burkina Faso and Congo Republic
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