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Chad’s interim leader Déby wins presidential vote, says election body

Chad’s state election body said on Thursday interim president Mahamat Idriss Déby had won the May 6 presidential election outright with over 60 percent of the vote, citing provisional results, even as his main challenger declared himself the winner.

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