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There was no accurate casualty toll but the local UFDD commander claimed that they killed more than 100 Chadian soldiers, and lost 50 of their own fighters. On the other hand, the Chadian government did not give an immediate death toll but claimed that there forces were still in control of Biltine, despite rebel claims.
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 ...
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 ]
The raid on Borota took place in Borota, Chad, near the eastern city of Adre, on January 6, 2006. According to Chadian sources, the attack began when Janjaweed, Sudanese militiamen, crossed the border from Sudan into Chad and attacked the cities of Borota, Ade, and Moudaina. Nine civilians were killed and three were seriously injured, according ...
In August 2004, nineteen people were sentenced to death in Chad. [9] However, after the November 2003 executions, Chad experienced an informal moratorium, claiming in a 2008 report to the United Nations Human Rights Committee that, following the criticism of the Adouma affair executions, they had commuted all remaining death sentences to life imprisonment and continued their momentum towards ...
A column of UFDD fighters entered Chadian territory from their bases in Sudan on November 24, intending to attack Chadian troops defending refugee camps in Abou Goulem and Am Zoer. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] UFDD commander Mahamat Nouri stated that he had received information that his troops would be under attack by the Chadian government. [ 1 ]
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 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.