Today, Thursday, thousands of Chadians disobeyed a demonstration prohibition and took to the streets of the capital, Anjamena, to protest the lack of a transition from the temporary military government to democratic authority.
The German news agency’s correspondent in the city, dpa, claimed that police deployed tear gas to disperse the protest in Anjamina and that they also heard gunfire, despite local media reports that more than 30 people had died.
Some protesters put up obstacles and burnt tyres of cars.
The African Union denounced violence and mentioned the fatalities without giving an exact figure.
When the head of the provisional military council, Mohamed Idris Deby, predicted that it would take two more years for civilians to take over, protests broke out. Deby had been sworn in a little more than a week ago.
The council assumed control of Chad after President Idriss Deby, 68, passed away in April 2002 as a result of injuries he got while inspecting his forces in the north, where assailants had been waging an uprising toppling his authority since 1990.
The council would then preside over the nation for 18 months before elections were held.
Due to the ban on protests against the military regime, there were clashes in Chad.
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