Chad military government allows opposition leader back

N'DJAMENA (Reuters) – Chad's transitional government has agreed to allow an opposition leader who fled the central African country to return after a deadly crackdown on protesters demanding a quicker transition to democratic rule, the Central African regional bloc said in a statement on Tuesday. Succes Masra fled Chad after dozens were killed and hundreds injured as security forces brutally cracked down on demonstrations in the capital N'Djamena on Oct. 20, 2022. But Democratic Republic of Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi, who has been appointed by Central African bloc ECCAS to mediate Chad's return to constitutional rule, signed a statement saying that the transitional government and Masra had signed an agreement on Tuesday.