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Travelling near the Chad-Libya border. The border consists of two straight line segments. [2] The first is a continuation of the Libya–Niger border; this section continues from the tripoint in a straight line for about 113 km (70 mi) up to the Tropic of Cancer. The border then turns to the southeast, running for 942 km (586 mi) to the ...
Libya's king Idris I felt compelled to support the FROLINAT because of long-standing strong links between the two sides of the Chad–Libya border. To preserve relations with Chad's former colonial master and current protector, France, Idris limited himself to granting the rebels sanctuary in Libyan territory and to providing only non-lethal ...
Libya called this area the Libya–Chad Borderlands; this was the disputed territory between Chad and Libya. [1] Chad on the other hand argued that there was an existing border and asked the court to define it. [5] It maintained that the Aouzou Strip was part of its territory. [2] Chad's territorial claim was based on the 1955 Treaty of ...
TRIPOLI (Reuters) -Khalifa Haftar's Libyan National Army (LNA) said it launched air strikes against "foreign armed groups" near the border with Chad on Friday, after fighting near the area between ...
The Aouzou strip shown in red. The Aouzou Strip (/ ˈ aʊ z uː /; Arabic: قطاع أوزو, romanized: Qiṭāʿ Awzū, French: Bande d'Aozou) is a strip of land in northern Chad that lies along the border with Libya, extending south to a depth of about 100 kilometers into Chad's Borkou, Ennedi Ouest, Ennedi Est, and Tibesti regions for an area of 114,000 km 2.
Their stay in Chad is unjustified." [14] Libya's internationally recognized Government of National Accord noted concerns about over-staffing of Libya's embassies abroad. [15] In January 2017, Chad had closed its northern border along Libya as the country's descent into chaos would force some militant fighters to flee into Chad itself.
The Toyota War (Arabic: حرب التويوتا, romanized: Ḥarb al-Tūyūtā, French: Guerre des Toyota), also known as the Great Toyota War, [9] which took place in 1987 in Northern Chad and on the Chad–Libya border, was the last phase of the Chadian–Libyan War.
By 2023, about 7,000 Chadian rebels were still active, scattered across Sudan, Libya, Niger, and Chad itself. [7] In January 2023, a new insurgent group was founded at the Central African Republic–Chad border.