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Chad is currently one of the leading partners in a West African coalition in the fight against Boko Haram and other Islamist militants. [43] Chad's army announced the death of Déby on 20 April 2021, following an incursion in the northern region by the FACT group, during which the president was killed amid fighting on the front lines. [43]
The Front for Change and Concord in Chad (Arabic: جبهة التغيير والوفاق في تشاد, French: Front pour l’alternance et la concorde au Tchad), or FACT, is a political and military organisation created by SG Mahamat Mahdi Ali in March 2016 in Tanua, in the north of Chad, with the goal of overthrowing the government of Chad.
However, some of the most powerful rebel groups including FACT refused to sign the agreement unless the government made more concessions. [35] [36] On 7 August 2022, Chad's military government signed a deal with 42 opposition groups. Five other rebel factions –including FACT– refused to join the agreement.
N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - Chadian rebel group the Front for Change and Concord in Chad (FACT) has announced an end to a ceasefire it declared in 2021, accusing the interim authorities of bombing one ...
The Northern Chad offensive was a military offensive in Northern Chad, initiated by the Chadian rebel group Front for Change and Concord in Chad (FACT), took place from 11 April to 9 May 2021. [9] It began in the Tibesti Region in the north of the country following the 2021 Chadian presidential election. [9]
N'DJAMENA, April 20 (Reuters) - Chad's president, Idriss Deby, who ruled his country for more than 30 years and was an important Western ally in the fight against Islamist militants in Africa, was ...
Chad's executive branch is headed by the President and dominates the Chadian political system. Following the military overthrow of Hissène Habré in December 1990, Idriss Déby won the presidential elections in 1996 and 2001. The constitutional basis for the government is the 1996 constitution, under which the president was limited to two ...
On 22 April 2021, the Union des syndicats du Tchad (Union of Trade Unions of Chad) called for a general strike. [10] It was also reported that some officers in the army were opposed to the coup. [11] The junta successfully suppressed protests. [12] Hostilities against the FACT continued, but the CMT said on 6 May that it had successfully ...