Chad votes in first Sahel presidential poll since wave of coups

Supporters of Chad's transitional prime minister and Les Transformateurs party presidential candidate Succes Masra attend his final election campaign rally at the N'Djamena racecourse, Chad, on May 4, 2024. Chad's transitional president and presidential election candidate Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, looks on during a final campaign rally at the place des nations in N'Djamena on May 4, 2024.

Chadians go to the polls on Monday three years after their military leader seized power, in the first presidential election in Africa's Sahel region since a wave of coups.