The People's Armed Forces (''Forces Armées Populaires'' or FAP) was a

Chad Chad, officially the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North Africa, North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to Chad–Libya border, the north, Sudan to Chad–Sudan border, the east, the Central Afric ...

ian insurgent group composed of followers of Goukouni Oueddei after the schism with Hissène Habré in 1976. With an ethnic base in the Teda clan of the Toubou from the Tibesti area of northern Chad, the force was armed by

Libya Libya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to Egypt–Libya border, the east, Sudan to Libya–Sudan border, the southeast, Chad to Chad–L ...

and formed the largest component of the Transitional Government of National Unity (GUNT) coalition army opposing Habré.INTERNAL DIMENSIONS OF WARFARE IN CHAD
Roy May. The Cambridge Journal of Anthropology. Vol. 13, No. 2, special issue: Local Warfare in Africa (1988/1989), pp. 17-27. FAP troops rebelled against their Libyan allies in the latter part of 1986. Many of them were subsequently integrated into the national army, the Chadian National Armed Forces (FANT), and participated in the 1987 attempt to drive

out of Chadian territory.

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