The Morning Call
Now, the long-delayed legislative polls that Chadian President Idriss Deby had vowed to hold by the end of the year are likely to take place in the first three months of 2020.
The country’s election board said on Thursday that “the realistic time frame for holding legislative elections (is) the first quarter of 2020”.
So what does this mean for Chad and how has that news been received?
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