Chad presidential election underway
This marks the nation’s first vote since the passing of longtime leader Idriss Deby.
Polling stations opened at seven on Monday morning, provisional results are expected by May 21 and final results by June 5. If no candidate wins more than 50% of the votes, a run-off will be held on June 22.
However, some opposition factions and civil society groups have called for a boycott of the election.
People are desperate for change in Chad.
But when it comes to the vote, there is a mixture of hope and despair.
Hope that this vote, whoever wins, could spark a new era of young leadership in the country, but despair as over the past three decades, life has become tougher for many in the country.
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