|
Battle Of N'Djamena (1980)
Battle of N'Djamena may refer to: * Battle of N'Djamena (1979) * Battle of N'Djamena (1980) *Battle of N'Djamena (2006) *Battle of N'Djamena (2008) The Battle of N'Djamena began on February 2, 2008, when Chadian rebel forces opposed to Heads of state of Chad, Chadian President Idriss Déby entered N'Djamena, the capital of Chad, after a three-day advance through the country. The rebels we ... {{N'Djamena ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of N'Djamena (1979)
The Battle of N'Djamena in 1979 also called First Battle of N'Djamena was a battle fought between government forces loyal to the President Malloum and FAN rebels led by Prime Minister Habre. After three days of street fighting in N'Djamena, Sudan mediated the conflict between the two parties. After three days of negotiations Malloum and Habre agreed to a ceasefire. Background Hissène Habré was previously a commander of FROLINAT rebels, before splitting from FROLINAT together with Goukouni Oueddei after Abba Siddick assumed leadership of FROLINAT. After disagreements with Oueddei, Habré formed his own rebel group called Armed Forces of the North. In August 1978 he allied with President Félix Malloum who gave him the posts of Prime Minister and Vice President. In January 1979, Habré and Malloum disagreed over the interpretation of the reconciliation charter which started military hostilities in the city. The Battle The battle began on 12 February 1979, when FAN reb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Second Battle Of N'Djamena
The Second Battle of N'Djamena was large scale and bloody battle during the Chadian-Libyan conflict. While initially fought between Chadian proxies, it eventually resulted in Libya's direct intervention, and was Gaddafi's first military victory in the conflict. Background The First Battle of N'Djamena was fought from February to March in 1979, resulting in the Kano Accord being brokered by the OAU, primarily Nigeria, and France. As a result, Goukouni Oueddei was made interim head of state, and Hissène Habré made minister of defense. Habré however was anti-Libyan and ruthless in his ambition, causing him to position himself against Oueddei's pro-Libyan government Early fighting On March 22, 1980, clashes broke out between Habré's FAN and Oueddei's FAP in N'Djamena, which quickly escalated to a full-scale battle with thousands wounded and hundreds dead within 10 days, and half the city's population fleeing to neighboring Cameroon. On April 3 the last remaining OAU pea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of N'Djamena (2006)
: The Battle of N'Djamena was a battle 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 battle occurred just months after serious Chad-Sudan tensions ended with the signing of the Tripoli Agreement. Déby broke off relations with the government of Sudan as a result, expelling its diplomats and threatened to stop sheltering thousands of Sudanese refugees from the Darfur region. The government of Sudan has been documented by the United Nations to have engaged in mass murder of approximately 100,000 non-Arab civilians in Darfur in the period 2003–2006. The battle The rebels attempted to seize the National Assembly building, but the assault was easily repulsed by the much more heavily arm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |