The Command Council of the Armed Forces of the North or CCFAN) was a Chadian rebel army active during the
Chadian Civil War. Originally called Second Liberation Army of
National Liberation Front of Chad (FROLINAT), and was one of the original groups in rebellion against the
regime
In politics, a regime (also "régime") is the form of government or the set of rules, cultural or social norms, etc. that regulate the operation of a government or institution and its interactions with society. According to Yale professor Juan Jo ...
of
François Tombalbaye
François Tombalbaye ( ar, فرنسوا تومبالباي '; 15 June 1918 – 13 April 1975), also known as N'Garta Tombalbaye, was a Chadian politician who served as the first President of Chad from the country's independence in 1960 until ...
. But, when in 1971
FROLINAT
FROLINAT (french: Front de libération nationale du Tchad; en, National Liberation Front of Chad) was an insurgent rebel group active in Chad between 1966 and 1993.
Origins
The organization was a result of the political union between the left ...
's new secretary-general
Abba Siddick tried to unify all the insurgent forces on the field, the second liberation army under
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 unt ...
rebelled and renamed itself in 1972 CCFAN. Composed of the
Toubou
The Toubou or Tubu (from Old Tebu, meaning "rock people") are an ethnic group native to the Tibesti Mountains that inhabit the central Sahara in northern Chad, southern Libya and northeastern Niger. They live either as herders and nomads or as ...
active in
Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Prefecture
Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Prefecture was the largest of the 14 prefectures of Chad between 1960 and 1999. It was transformed into Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Region, one of the 18 regions into which the country has been divided since 2002. Its name is ofte ...
, first under
Goukouni Oueddei
Goukouni Oueddei ( ar, كوكوني عويدي '; born 1944 in Zouar) is a Chadian politician who served as President of Chad from 1979 to 1982.
A northerner, Goukouni commanded FROLINAT rebels with Libyan support during the first Chadian Civi ...
's command and later under Habré's command. It was in a bitter struggle with the First Liberation Army of the FROLINAT, loyal to
Siddick
Siddick is a village in Cumbria, England, historically part of Cumberland. It is situated on the A596 road, approximately north from the town of Workington. It lies within Workington civil parish.
As a coastal settlement on the Solway Firth (w ...
, in the early 1970s. After the rift between
Habré and
Oueddei in 1976, Habré's followers adopted the name of
Forces Armées du Nord (FAN), and
Oueddei's followers adopted the name of
Forces Armées Populaires (FAP).
References
''Chad: A Country Study''
1970s in Chad
Rebel groups in Chad
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