In Chad, 80 minors who had been arrested last October during bloody demonstrations in the capital, N’Djamena, have been granted provisional bail by the authorities.
The minors were part of a group of hundreds of people who were arrested by the police and taken to a high-security jail.
After a four-day trial, the prosecutor announced on Monday that 262 were jailed for between two and three years.
Outlawed demonstrations were held on October 20th to mark the date when the military had initially promised to hand over power to civilians — a timeline that has now been extended by two years.