Chad: Succès Masra quietly leaves for medical treatment

Former Chadian prime minister and opposition leader Succès Masra left N'Djamena on October 20 to receive medical care, two months after his release under a presidential pardon. He travelled through Cameroon to Côte d'Ivoire, where his family lives, and was expected to continue to France for treatment. His associates say the trip is not a new exile and that it could not be arranged earlier because he needed to renew his passport and President Mahamat Idriss Déby was visiting France. Although the pardon annulled Masra's sentence, his conviction remains, continuing to affect his political and legal position.