N’DJAMENA, Chad (AP) — Chadians voted Sunday amid a low turnout in parliamentary and regional elections that will end a three-year transitional period from military rule but which the main opposition is boycotting after accusing authorities of not overseeing a credible electoral process.

Critics have dismissed the vote as a ploy to allow junta leader Mahamat Idriss Deby to entrench his power. View on euronews

N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - Chadians were voting on Sunday in a parliamentary ... "I was afraid that people would boycott the elections but thank God, they came to vote like me," he said. Last month Chad, a key Western ally in the fight against Islamic militants ...

Chad began voting on Sunday in a general election that is presented by the government as a key step towards ending military rule but has been boycotted by the opposition.

Voting under way in Chad’s contentious parliamentary election Voting is under way in Chad’s first parliamentary election in 13 years, which the government has presented as a key step towards ending military rule.