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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.
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.
The Military Command Council for the Salvation of the Republic (French: Conseil de commandement militaire pour le salut de la République; abbreviated CCMSR) [a] is a Chadian militant rebel group that seeks to overthrow the government of Chad. Founded in 2016, it currently operates in the border regions of northern Chad, southern Libya, eastern ...
N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - A Chadian rebel group on Tuesday threatened to stand up to the country's military-led government, days after another rebel group announced an end to a 2021 ceasefire that ...
In 2016, the Front for Change and Concord in Chad was born as it split from the UFDD. This group is led by Mahamat Mahdi Ali, who studied in France where he was a Socialist Party member. The group is considered by the authorities "the most well-supplied with fighters and weapons".
Chad's opposition led a large-scale nationwide shutdown on 24 February 2016 to protest Déby's continuing 26-year tenure. The nationwide strike brought many of Chad's towns and the capital N'Djamena to a halt with markets, schools, transport, district centers and various operations shut down.
The rebel coalition confirmed it would demand the immediate departure of President Bozizé, who had pledged to see out his term until its end in 2016. By 1 January reinforcements from FOMAC began to arrive in Damara to support the 400 Chadian troops already stationed there as part of the MICOPAX mission.
Thompson, the highest-ranking Democrat on the House Homeland Committee, had also served as its chairman for years. Earlier this month, then President Joe Biden awarded Thompson the Presidential ...