Chad Military Begins Talks With Opposition Groups

Chad’s military government has met some 44 armed rebel and opposition groups to hold peace talks in Qatar.

This first step is taken to work towards ending a rebellion and holding elections in the nation.

Some of the opposition groups were however missing at the opening on Sunday in Doha despite having delayed the meeting from February 27.

Albert Pahimi Padacke, Chad’s Prime Minister, and Moussa Faki Mahamat, African Union Commission head told the opening of the conference that both sides would have to make concessions for the talks to succeed.

However, the process risks being protracted and complicated.

Last April, the landlocked African nation was thrown into turmoil after the killing of longtime leader Idriss Deby Itno in battle with rebels in the country’s north.