Canton / grouping chief : The canton chief is the traditional chief of a grouping of several villages.

The current chief of the village who claims to be the head of the local tribe is called Essan Kacou, a retired Ivorian gendarme.

He became canton chief and continued to write in Peul language, including poems.

An astute canton chief can manipulate decisions to make the law ambiguous.

The current chief of the village who claims to be the head of the local tribe is called Essan Kacou, a retired Ivorian gendarme.

They came to live in this village where the Lamido (Muslim chief), the town chieftain, gave them a small piece of land.

[102] Human Rights Watch interview with chef de canton, Abéché, Chad, February 5, 2009.

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But the Canton Administrator said, "A curse on whoever wishes to harm others.

1969 - Retired and returned to his home in Siou where he became Chef de Canton.

His brother-in-law Pierre-Édouard Desbarats* acted as township leader at the time.

Hon. Mohamed El Bachir, chef de canton, expressing concerns about conditions are resettlement sites

On 10 July 1806 Desbarats, as township leader, was granted more than 11,000 acres in Frampton Township, through which ran the Rivière Etchemin.

In February 2015, for instance, the chief of Ngouboua district was targeted and killed when Boko Haram attacked the town.[fn]Boko Haram reportedly searched for the chief of Ngouboua district in the gendarmerie and finally killed him.

Kishi Beiga falls under the traditional authority of a Touareg chief (who has just been reinstated), the canton chief who lives in Gorom Gorom and controls the entire Oudalan district.