Chad began voting on Sunday in a general election that is presented by the government as a key step towards ending military rule but has been boycotted by the opposition.The government has presented the elections as the final stage in the transition to democracy.

Chadians are voting in a parliamentary and regional election that will end the three-year transitional period from military rule but which the main opposition is boycotting.

Chadians were voting on Sunday in a parliamentary election boycotted by the opposition that will likely consolidate President Mahamat Idriss Deby's power and complete the oil-producing nation's transition towards constitutional rule.

Chad goes to the polls Sunday for legislative, provincial and local elections that are presented by the government as the last stage of a political transition after three years of military rule, but are being boycotted by the opposition.

Voting begins in Chad as opposition parties call for election boycott Voters in Chad will go to the polls on Sunday, in the country's first parliamentary elections in 13 years. The ruling party says the election is a final step in returning Chad to constitutional rule,