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Chad: President Mahamat Idriss Déby pardons nine opposition figures, including Succès Masra
Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Déby pardoned nine opposition figures on August 14, 2026, according to Le Monde. They include Succès Masra, a former prime minister and leader of the country’s main opposition party. Masra had spent more than a year serving a 20-year prison sentence. The other eight beneficiaries, all leaders of opposition parties, had been convicted after being accused of plotting an insurrection.