![]() ![]() In their May 30 communique, the country’s bishops said the killings are a result of poor governance and a transitional council desperate to keep itself in power. “The killings and shortages of basic necessities are indicative of a way of governing and a way of thinking that must change if we are not to give our country a bad reputation,” said Archbishop Goetbé Edmond Djitangar of N’Djamena. ![]() In theory, national elections should be held in Chad sometime in 2024 to select a new government. In the three-page memorandum released May 28, the President of the Chad Bishops’ Conference strongly condemned the killings, describing them as “structural” and intended to keep the interim government in power. Yaya said said the “forces of law and order pursued them, killed seven bandits and eight were taken prisoner.” They killed 11 villagers before taking away some oxen.” ![]() ![]() The country’s Defense Minister, Daoud Yaya Ibrahim, said that “armed bandits (…) stealing oxen came to attack the village of Mankade in the sub-prefecture of Laramanaye. Typical of the recent violence have been clashes between herders and cattle breeders in Bahr Sara, 370 miles south-east of N’Djamena, also left scores of people dead. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |