[7] His son, Mahamat Déby, was installed as leader, and promised to rule for eighteen months before transitioning to a civilian-led administration.

[11] Dialogue between Mahamat Deby and FACT, a coalition of anti-government rebel groups, initially had success in early 2022 but faltered by the summer, partially due to the crackdown on the protests.

[19] Parts of the capital loyal to opposition groups had schools, universities, and markets close down due to the violence, and the streets were littered.

[18] Succès Masra, the leader of the main opposition party Transformers, accused security forces of violence and claimed eight people were killed in the October 20 protests.

[19] Kebzabo and the Chadian government assessed that the total death toll by the end of October 20 was fifty people killed and 300 injured.

[22] On October 24, Chadian human rights organizations Ligue Tchadienne des Droits de l'Homme released a statement identifying 80 individual killed protesters.

[18] In November 2023, Chad's parliament approves an amnesty law, ending prosecutions and convictions related to deaths linked to the 2022 anti-government protests.

[33] African Union Commission Chair and former Chadian prime minister Faki Mahamat called for a peaceful solution to the protests.

[35] Samira Daoud, Amnesty International's regional director for Central and West Africa, called for Chadian authorities "to immediately cease the excessive use of force against protesters.

"[15] The International Federation for Human Rights stated that the protests were violently suppressed, and they had documentation of torture, live gunfire, and arbitrary arrests.