Police in Chad fired tear gas and used water cannons to disperse hundreds of protesters who took to the streets of the capital and other cities as part of an anti-France protest that saw the destruction of some Paris-linked businesses.
And called for the protest "Civil Society Platform Opposition - Coordination of Waket Tama", to denounce France's support for the Transitional Military Council, which seized power after the killing of President Idriss Deby during his visit to the battlefront in April 2021.
Mohamed Idris (Dby's son) leads the Transitional Military Council, which has not yet set a timetable for returning to civilian rule.
The protesters chanted slogans, including "France go away" and "No to colonialism", and burned at least two flags of the former colonial power, and vandalized a number of gas stations belonging to the Total group, the "symbol" of France, as well as uprooted pumps and seized some of the products offered.
On the sixth of last April, the "Wakeet Tama" platform announced the suspension of its talks with the Military Council, denouncing the "international community's insistence to support an illegal and illegitimate regime at all costs."
On April 20, 2021, the army announced the killing of Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno - who had ruled the country for 30 years - while visiting the battle front.
On the same day, the army announced Mohamed Idriss Deby Itno as a "transitional president" who leads a military council of 15 generals, and promised to hold "free and democratic elections" after an 18-month transitional period, at the end of a comprehensive national dialogue with the political and armed opposition.