An imposing security perimeter was still in place around the presidential palace on Thursday morning, and the military remained omnipresent in the streets.
In N'Djamena, these are the almost classic signs of a political crisis.
The telephone networks were very poor, the mobile internet completely cut off, again traditional symptoms of difficulties in Chad.
“Things are a little better but the government still fears a violent reaction from some of its “brothers”,”
comments an observer who prefers to remain anonymous.
Violence exploded in the capital during the night from Tuesday to Wednesday.
Armed militiamen linked to the Socialist Party Without Borders (PSF), led by opponent Yaya Dillo, attacked the premises of the National State Security Agency (ANSE), a sort of secret police.
Shortly before, the agents had arrested, after an exchange of fire, a leader of this opposition group accused, according to the government, of
“attempted assassination against the president of…
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