Northern Chad offensive | |||||||
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Part of the insurgency in Northern Chad | |||||||
Tibesti Region in northern Chad, where clashes began | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Chad Supported by: France (alleged by rebels)[1] Niger[2] |
Front for Change and Concord in Chad Military Command Council for the Salvation of the Republic | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Idriss Déby †[4] Mahamat Déby Gen. Abakar Abdelkerim Daoud |
Mahamat Mahdi Ali (FACT) Rachid Mahamat Tahir[5] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Commander killed 11 soldiers killed 58 soldiers wounded (Chadian government figures)[6] 1 helicopter destroyed |
540 fighters killed 210 fighters captured (Chadian government figures)[6] | ||||||
6 civilians killed during protests[7][8] |
The Northern Chad offensive was a military offensive in Northern Chad, initiated by the Chadian rebel group Front for Change and Concord in Chad (FACT), took place from 11 April to 9 May 2021.[9] It began in the Tibesti Region in the north of the country following the 2021 Chadian presidential election.[9]
Chadian President Idriss Déby was killed during the offensive on 20 April 2021, and his son Mahamat Déby became acting President of Chad on the same day. A special presidential election was expected in 2022, but was not held until 2024. The offensive ended in a Chadian military victory, though clashes continued in the country's north.
"The war came and we were able to control the situation (...). We cleaned up the place and there is nothing left now. The situation is back to normal," said the army chief of staff, Abakar Abdelkérim Daoud. "Everything is over, the national territory is secure. [...] "I ask the authorities to respect their rights as prisoners of war (and to) those who are still in rebellion outside the country to join the legal system so that together they can contribute to building a country of law and democracy," said Béchir Mahadi, head of military operations for FACT, with long, shaggy hair.
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