Chad: What's going on and what next?
An opposition leader in Chad is killed. What next as the country prepares for elections?
An episode of the Focus on Africa podcast, hosted by BBC World Service, titled "Chad: What's going on and what next?" was published on March 1, 2024 and runs 35 minutes.
March 1, 2024 ·35m · Focus on Africa
Summary
A leading critic of Chad's military leader, Mahamat Déby, has been killed in a shootout with security forces, that's according to officials Yaya Dillo's death comes after the government blamed him for a deadly attack on the country's security agency. He had denied the accusation. Several others were killed following that attack. What's going on?Also, fresh calls for a proper investigation into the killing of 21-year-old Agnes Wanjiru and a letter to King Charles.And a Cameroonian student who fled Ukraine tells us what life is like for him, two years after the conflict began.
Episode Description
A leading critic of Chad's military leader, Mahamat Déby, has been killed in a shootout with security forces, that's according to officials Yaya Dillo's death comes after the government blamed him for a deadly attack on the country's security agency. He had denied the accusation. Several others were killed following that attack. What's going on?
Also, fresh calls for a proper investigation into the killing of 21-year-old Agnes Wanjiru and a letter to King Charles.
And a Cameroonian student who fled Ukraine tells us what life is like for him, two years after the conflict began.