Chad detains former prime minister Masra after deadly clashes

Chad’s former prime minister and opposition leader Succes Masra was taken into custody by security forces on Friday, in what his party called an “abduction.”

Public prosecutor Oumar Mahamat Kedelaye said Masra was arrested in connection with an intercommunal clash in Chad’s southwest province of Logone Occidental that killed 42 people.

Masra is accused of inciting hatred and violence through social media posts that called on the…