Rédaction Africa Links 24 with Mimi Mefo Info
Published on 2024-04-17 11:40:51
A Chadian student has just fallen victim to the repression that prevails in Chad, as the country is in the midst of a presidential election campaign. Writer and first-year Master’s student in Business Law at Yaoundé 2 SOA, Oualoumi Daîpah has been arrested for several hours by the Cameroonian police on the orders of the Chadian embassy in Cameroon for “Disturbance of Public Order,” according to our sources. “Your sister comrade Daipah Oualoumi is arrested in Cameroon on the orders of the Chadian ambassador,” reads a post on her Facebook page. This alert was issued nearly 12 hours ago at the time of posting this article.
A pan-Africanist and Chadian revolutionary, a big fan of Nathalie Yamb Franklin Nyamsi and Kemi Seba. This web activist is known for her appearances on TikTok where she denounces bad governance and the French presence in Chad. In recent days, she has been constantly taking jabs at the transitional government and calling for the awareness of Chadian youth. “Someone who sacrifices their dignity for power does not deserve our applause. Case of Success Masra with regards to the victims of October 20. Someone who seizes power in a barbaric manner and still plans to rule as if in a lawless country does not deserve our support. Case of Mahamat Kaka,” she wrote on Facebook. Or this: “It’s a pity to have a youth damaged by the messed-up system of our governments and who believes they will do better. What I fear is the worst in the future, if we need to change mindsets, it’s now.”
On April 20, 2021, young General Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno was proclaimed President of the transitional administration by the military, following the death of his father, Idriss Déby Itno, who had ruled the country with an iron fist for 30 years.
He promised to return power to civilians through “free” elections after an 18-month transition. However, 18 months later, in October 2022, he extended it by two years. On the 20th of the same month, thousands of Chadians took to the streets to protest, facing unheard-of brutality from the army. The government acknowledged the deaths of around fifty people, but according to NGOs and the opposition, many more have perished. Several years after this deadly repression, the opposition and civil society are still the targets of killings, arrests, intimidation, and threats.
Joseph Essama
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