Summary
Chad's prime minister called for calm Friday after president Idriss Deby was declared winner of an election the opposition said was marred by widespread fraud.
Deby won 61.56 percent of the vote in the April 10 presidential election, followed by the opposition's Saleh Kebzabo, who garnered 12.8 percent, according to provisional results released by the national election commission (CENI) Thursday.
The Constitutional Council has two weeks to validate the provisional results, which would give Deby, who has already ruled for more than a quarter of a century, a fifth term in office.
Earlier this month, four civil society leaders were handed four-month suspended sentences for urging anti-government protests ahead of the vote.
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