Chad's President to Seek Fifth Term

Chad's President Idriss Deby said Tuesday that he would run for a fifth term in April's election and promised to restore term limits if he wins. Deby seized power in a 1990 coup. Term limits were scrapped in 2005 just as a civil war between Muslims and Christians erupted. "The principles of presidential term limits in the constitution must be reintroduced," Deby told a political party convention Tuesday. "Today, nothing requires us to remain in a system where...

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