Chad Ex-Opposition Figure Succes Masra Appointed PM

FILE - Succes Masra, president of the Chadian opposition party The Transformers, gestures during a briefing in N'djamena, Chad, May 3, 2021.

Chad's transitional president General Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno on Monday appointed a former leading opposition leader, who recently returned from exile, as prime minister.