Forces Armées du Nord

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The Forces Armées du Nord ( FAN for short ) were a rebel group that was active in Chad from 1976 to 1983 . The group was one of the victorious parties in the Libyan-Chadian border war , so that its leader Hissene Habre could eventually become president of Chad.

history

Under Habre's leadership, FAN split from FROLINAT in 1976 because it no longer supported its pro-Libyan course. Thereupon the FAN fought alongside the Chadian armed forces against the Libyan armed forces and the larger breakaway of FROLINAT, the FAP , a pro-Libyan group under Goukouni Oueddei . As early as 1977, FAN leader Habre and Chadian President Malloum signed an agreement that was made official in 1978 and led to the establishment of a unity government with Habre's participation in August 1978. This alliance threatened the position of power of the Libyan ruler Gaddafi in northern Chad, so that he expanded Libyan engagement in Chad in the form of support for the FAP. This enabled the FAP to bring large parts of northern Chad under its control. In 1979 the alliance between Malloum and the FAN broke up and fighting broke out between Malloum's and Habre's troops in N'djamena . These were ended by the Kano Agreement signed by Habre for the FAN, Oueddei for the FAP and Malloum. The new president was FAP leader Oueddei as chairman of a government of national unity in which FAN was also involved, and Habre as defense minister. Due to the different views in dealing with Libya, Habre was concerned about the sovereignty of Chad, Oueddei sought a union with the northern neighbor, the government soon broke up and there was renewed fighting between FAN and FAP. In the conflict that followed, FAN received financial support from Sudan and Egypt . On June 7, 1982, the FAN conquered N'djamena and Habre became president. The FAN was absorbed into the Chadian army.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ EISA Chad: Defunct parties. Retrieved May 17, 2018 .
  2. ^ Armed Forces of the North | Chadian military organization . In: Encyclopedia Britannica . ( britannica.com [accessed May 17, 2018]).
  3. ^ John Pike: Chad Armed Factions . ( globalsecurity.org [accessed May 17, 2018]).
  4. ↑ Libya's defeat in Chad: Two blows for Ghaddafi . In: ZEIT ONLINE . ( zeit.de [accessed on May 17, 2018]).
  5. ^ History (Chad) . ISBN 978-1-159-01892-4 .