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The Battle of N'Djamena took place between the forces of the revolutionary United Front for Democratic Change (UFCD) and the military of Chad that occurred on 13 April 2006 when rebel forces launched an assault on the capital of Chad in the pre-dawn hours, attempting to overthrow the government of President Idriss Déby Itno from their bases an estimated thousand miles east.
The Chadian Civil War of 2005–2010 [31] began on 18 December 2005. Since its independence from France in 1960, Chad has been swamped by civil wars between the Arab-Muslims of the north and the Sub-Saharan - Christians of the south. [ 32 ]
1965 — 2010 War in Chad. 1965 — 2010 Chadian Civil War. 1965 — 1979 Civil war in Chad; 1979 — 1982 Civil war in Chad; 1998 — 2002 Civil war in Chad; 18 December 2005 — 15 January 2010 Civil war in Chad. 18 December 2005 Battle of Adré; 6 January 2006 Borota raid; 6 March 2006 Amdjereme raid; 13 April 2006 Battle of N'Djamena; 1 May ...
April 12 - The Chadian government sends soldiers to the capital, N'Djamena to secure it against the incoming threat of rebels. [3]April 14 - Peace Corps temporarily suspends their participation in Chad under worry of safety of volunteers within the country due to instability and rebel fighting.
The 2006 Chadian coup attempt was an attempted coup d'état against Chadian President Idriss Déby that was foiled on the night of March 14, 2006. Plot [ edit ]
On 22 October 2006, the newly formed Union attacked the eastern Chad town of Goz Beida.Although it was initially unclear if they succeeded or if the government was able to defend the city, it later became clear that the Union had captured the city, along with several other cities like Am Timan.
Hundreds of Civil War relics were unearthed during the cleanup of a South Carolina river where Union troops dumped Confederate military equipment to deliver a demoralizing blow for rebel forces in ...
Locations of N'Djamena and Massaguet in Chad. In April 2006, soon after the beginning of the civil war in Chad, government forces repelled a rebel attack on the capital in which hundreds of people were killed; the rebels responsible for the attack, the United Front for Democratic Change (FUC) led by Mohammed Nour Abdelkerim, rallied to the government in December. [12]