Bodies of 27 migrants, including children, found in Chad desert; the migrants left a year and a half ago in a truck and are believed to have been lost in the desert and died of thirst

Interim president Mahamat Idriss Deby pardoned 380 rebels from Front for Change and Concord in Chad group who had been given life imprisonment for killing his father Idriss Deby Itno, country's long-time ruler

Over 400 members of the Front for Alternation and Concord, arrested after the death of former president Idriss Déby Isno in 2021, have been sentenced to life imprisonment

Exiled to the United States, where he is trying to garner support from the Americans and the UN, opponent Masra remains determined to thwart the power of Mahamat Idriss Déby