FROLINAT

Rebel group in Chad in 1966–1993 National Liberation Front of Chadجبهة التحرير الوطنية تشادFlag of the National Liberation Front of ChadLeadersIbrahim Abatcha †Abba SiddickHissène HabréGoukouni OueddeiDates active19 June 1966 – 14 January 1993(26 years, 209 days)HeadquartersTripoliActive regionsChadLibyaIdeologyMarxism–Leninism (until 1968)Islamic socialismDirect democracyNationalismProgressivismAnti-ZionismFaction:MaoismPolitical positionLeft-wingSize500–3,000Warsthe Chadian Civil War (1965–1979) FROLINAT (French: Front de libération nationale du Tchad; English: National Liberation Front of Chad) was an insurgent rebel group active in Chad between 1966 and 1993. History Origins The organization was the result of the political union between the leftist Chadian National Union (UNT), led by Ibrahim Abatcha, and the General Union of the Sons of Chad (Union Générale des Fils du Tchad or UGFT), led by Ahmed Hassan Musa. An Islamist, Musa was close to the Muslim Brotherhood. The UGFT remained autonomous within the new group under the banner of the Liberation Front of Chad (FLT). The union and group flag was agreed upon at the Nyala Congress in Sudan