Chadian opposition says elections should be canceled, calls for new transition

A voter casts his ballot at a polling station in N'Djamena, Chad, on Dec. 29, 2024 during the country's local, provincial and legislative elections. FILE - Success Masra gestures as he arrives for a meeting of the Chadian political party The Transformers, in N’Djamena on March 10, 2024.

An uneasy calm hangs over Chad, where the opposition is calling for an immediate end to the country’s transitional government and the cancellation of the Dec. 29 general elections, which the opposition says were highly boycotted. Chad's elections management body has pledged to count the votes and declare the results, saying irregularities cannot influence the outcome.