The relentless heat doesn't seem to bother many people.
This May 1, in front of the mortuary of N'Djamena, a crowd of 200 to 300 people protest, chaining slogans and cries.
They are almost all young men.
They have their foreheads encircled with a red band, as a sign of mourning, and await the release of the bodies of Yannick and Bruno, two of their comrades who were killed on April 27 during the demonstrations against the regime.
In pick-ups, the families united behind the framed portrait of their martyrs cry softly.
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According to civil society organizations, at least twelve demonstrators have thus fallen - six, according to the authorities - in protesting against the junta which seized power the day after the announcement of the death of President Idriss Déby.
"They shot us with real bullets,"
said Achilles, powerfully annoyed, waving his broad shoulders.
However, he and his comrades are less angry with Mahamat Déby, son of the late president and now at the head of the Military Council of
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