Chad’s military leader, General Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, 40, has been declared winner of Monday’s long-delayed presidential election, according to provisional results by the National Elections Management Agency.
According to the election body, Deby garnered 61.03 percent of the votes cast, beating nine other candidates who were seeking to occupy the country’s topmost office. The vote puts Deby comfortably over the 50 percent needed to avoid a run off.
