According to a public prosecutor, more than 400 rebels in chad were sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday after former ruler Idriss deby into, was killed in 2021.
They were sentenced to “acts of terrorism, mercenaries, recruitment of child soldiers, and assaulting the head of state,” according to Mahamat El-hadj Abba Nana, prosecutor for the capital N’Djamena.
The head of state did not give a detailed figure for those jailed, saying only that “more than 400 were sentenced” to life, while 24 other defendants were acquitted.
In early 2021, the country’s main rebel group, the Front for Change and Concord in Chad (FACT), launched an offensive on the north of the country from bases in Libya.
The main leaders of Chad’s opposition now live in hiding or exile, even though the junta lifted a suspension of several opposition parties in January.