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The French-speaking editorial team
06/05/2024May 6, 2024
Offices are open until 5 p.m. local time in N’Djamena and throughout the country. DW follows the progress of this decisive day.
The essential
- Ten candidates are in the running for this presidential election, including one woman. Victory should be fought out between the two main ones, General Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno and Succès Masra. The first was proclaimed head of state by the army three years ago to succeed his father and the second, a former opponent, appointed Prime Minister five months ago.
- Voting is scheduled on site from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- 8.2 million voters are registered to give their vote to one of the candidates or to the only woman in the running, Lydie Beassemda.
- The DW editorial team is mobilizing for this presidential election and is live from Chad at 7 a.m. UTC for its morning news and 5 p.m. UTC for the evening news.
The course of the day
The times given here are in universal time.
- 7 a.m. UT: DW is live for its morning news, returning to the election. You can listen here → dw.com/endirect
- 5HTU: Offices to open across the country. Sunday May 5, police and soldiers voted 24 hours in advance, in order to be available to secure the vote this Monday.
