Chad court sentences former prime minister, opposition leader to 20 years in jail

A court in Chad sentenced former prime minister and opposition figure Succes Masra to 20 years in prison on Saturday, finding him guilty of hate speech, xenophobia, and inciting a massacre. The court in N’Djamena held Masra, a prominent critic of President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, responsible for encouraging inter-communal violence that left 42 people dead on May 14.