Chad PM Masra resigns after disputed election

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Chad President Mahamat Idriss Deby arrives to cast his vote for the presidential elections in N’Djamena, Chad on May 6, 2024. PHOTO | REUTERS

Chad's prime minister and opposition leader Succes Masra has tendered his resignation after interim President Mahamat Idriss Deby was confirmed as a winner of the May 6 presidential election, Masra said on Wednesday.

Masra, a staunch opponent of the junta, which seized power in April 2021, was appointed prime minister of the transitional government in January, four months ahead of the poll, in a move to appease the opposition.