Ahead of the first round of presidential elections in Chad, scheduled for 6 May, UN Secretary-General Guterres urged all national stakeholders to work for a peaceful, inclusive, transparent and accountable electoral process

Mahamat Idriss Deby's victory in the first round of the presidential elections was announced by the National Election Management Authority; the current transitional president, heir to his father-president Idriss Deby Itno, obtained 61% of the vote

The only woman among the 10 candidates, Lydie Beassemda is running for the second time as a candidate for Chad's supreme office in the Party for Democracy and Full Independence

The Ennedi Plateau in Chad is home to one of the world's most important rock art sites, a place unknown to most but containing one of the largest concentrations of prehistoric art in the world

There is growing concern about the consumption of energy drinks by young people, which are often consumed for reasons of lack of sleep, fatigue and lack of information about the composition