Chad has adopted resolutions that push back democratic elections by two years and allow interim leader, Mahamat Idriss Deby, to stay in power and be eligible to run for president in the eventual vote.
The decisions have dismayed some opposition forces and defy repeated warnings from the African Union, the United States and other foreign powers that the junta must not monopolize power by extending the transition or fielding presidential candidates.
Usman Umar Reports