More than 30 people were dead in protests in the capital, N'Djamena, Chadian government spokesperson Aziz Mahamat Saleh said. However, organizers of the march, though, placed the toll higher, at 40.

According to local sources, another 32 protesters were killed in Moundou, Chad's second-largest city.

It was reported that more than 60 people also were wounded. (ILKHA)