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Chad's transitional government has signed a peace deal with more than 40 opposition groups aimed at paving the way for a national dialogue later in August.

The agreement was signed in Doha after months of mediation by Qatar. But 18 rebel groups, among them the Front for Change and Concord in Chad (or FACT), refused to sign the deal.

Enrica Picco is the Central Africa Project Director of the International Crisis Group. She told Newsday that the rebel groups say they are open to talks but in her view 鈥渢he chances for them to join鈥�are quite low鈥�.

(Picture: Officials attend a signing agreement for a national dialogue with Chad鈥檚 transitional military authorities and rebels at Sheraton Hotel in Doha, Qatar August 8, 2022. Credit: REUTERS/Ibraheem Al Omari.)