Ahmed Hassan Musa (died 1979) was a Chadian insurgent who participated to the first phase of the Chadian Civil War. An Islamic fundamentalist close to the Muslim Brotherhood, he was head of the General Union of the Children of Chad (''Union Générale des Fils du Tchad'' or UGFT), an Islamic political party formed by Chadian exiles in Sudan. Because of the authoritarian and

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policies of the

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, he lived in exile in Sudan when the explosion of bloody riots in the Guéra Prefecture in 1965 opened him new chances. For this reason, he formed in his country of exile on September 7, 1965, the

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, the first insurgent group formed against Tombalbaye. A small group, at the Congress of

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Musa and his FLT united in 1966 with the Chadian National Union (UNT) of

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to form the powerful National Liberation Front of Chad (FROLINAT). Musa soon resumed his autonomy and with his wing of the FLT operated on the Chad-Sudan border. When Tombalbaye fell in the 1975 coup, Musa readily came to terms with the new government. Four years later, in 1979, he was killed at

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Hissène Habré Hissène Habré (Arabic: ''Ḥusaīn Ḥabrī'', Chadian Arabic: ; ; 13 August 1942 – 24 August 2021), also spelled Hissen Habré, was a Chadian politician and convicted war criminal who served as the 5th president of Chad from 1982 u ...

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Histoire du Tchad
(in French) Year of birth missing 1979 deaths Chadian rebels Chadian exiles Chadian expatriates in Sudan Chadian Islamists {{Africa-mil-bio-stub