Hope and disillusionment among Chad's first-time voters
The Peninsula
N Djamena: In Chad, one of the world s poorest and youngest countries, a new generation of first time voters will elect a president on Monday with a m...
N'Djamena: In Chad, one of the world's poorest and youngest countries, a new generation of first-time voters will elect a president on Monday with a mixture of hope, worry and disillusionment.
According to United Nations figures, people aged between 10 and 24 make up one third of inhabitants in the central African country, which has been ruled with an iron fist for 33 years by the Deby dynasty.
Idriss Amidou donned a baseball cap and t-shirt bearing the slogan "Let's march with Mahamat" to pound the streets of the capital N'Djamena in support of Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno.
Deby was made head of state by a military junta after the death of his father, Idriss Deby Itno. This is his first election.
Amidou, who until now had no interest in politics, has decided to vote for the first time and is trying to convince his friends to elect Deby.
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