“Chad’s budget is spent on patronage to secure ... Deby’s government is also accused of crackdowns: After young people and opposition parties took to the streets in October 2022 to protest ...

fair and transparent elections as it freely organized a constitutional referendum and presidential elections to hand over power to civilian rule as desired by the peace-loving people of Chad.

Set in a dry and dusty landscape, Mongo is a town of 40,000 people, in Chad, a landlocked country in central Africa. Average life expectancy, at 51, is about 30 years lower than in the UK.