Several hundred people marched in Chad's capital N'Djamena on Thursday to protest the ruling military junta as police were out in force, an AFP journalist saw.
A Chad national flag flies at half staff outside a building on April 21, 2021, after Chad’s President Idriss Deby Itno died on April 20, 2021, from wounds suffred in battle after three decades in power.
They demanded a national conference to overhaul the junta’s charter and restore democracy in the former French colony. “We are marching to demand that democracy and justice — the hallmarks of true peace — be re-established,” said a 22-year-old protester who gave his name only as Narcisse, brandishing a sign reading “No to the monarchy”.
Some protesters expressed anti-French sentiment with signs reading “France out of Chad”, and by burning French flags.French President Emmanuel Macron met with the new rulers while attending Idriss Deby Itno’s funeral — the only Western head of state to make the journey.
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