Issa Kelei, a leader of a student movement that defends the interests of Chadian students in Algeria, was arrested by Algerian authorities on April 29, 2014. He and other Chadian students had been protesting the lack of financial support from their government in front of the Chadian Embassy in Algiers.
Am 1. Mai 2014 vermeldete der tschadische Journalist Makaila Nguebla auf seinem Blog die Festnahme Issa Keleis, dem Anführer der dortigen Studentenbewegung, die die Interessen der Studenten aus dem Tschad in Algerien vertritt.