Chad's presidential elections underway in peace, but with tension 

Voters queue at the Walia high school polling station in N'Djamena on May 6, 2024 during Chad's presidential election. Men show their ID's to polling station officials to vote in the school polling station in the Abena district, Bureau 2 Carré 27, in N'Djamena on May 6, 2024. A general view of a polling station in N'Djamena on May 6, 2024. Chad's transitional president and presidential election candidate Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno (C) casts his ballot at a polling station in N'Djamena on May 6, 2024. A voter marks his ballot in a voting booth at the Walia high school polling station in N'Djamena on May 6, 2024.

Chad’s presidential election concludes Monday with civilians going to the polls, a day after members of the military cast their ballots. Transitional President General Mahamat Idriss Deby is facing nine challengers, including his current prime minister. The election, designed to end three years of a military government, has been peaceful so far. However, there is tension over a ban on taking pictures of election result sheets at polling stations.