Democratic Revolutionary Council

Democratic Revolutionary Council
Conseil démocratique révolutionnaire
FounderAhmat Acyl †
LeadersAhmat Acyl †
Acheikh ibn Oumar
IdeologyIslamic socialism
Francophobia[1]
Arab nationalism
Part ofUFDD (2006–2007)
UFDD-F (from 2007)
Preceded by
Volcan Army

The Democratic Revolutionary Council (French: Conseil démocratique révolutionnaire or CDR), active in Chad, was a faction of FROLINAT founded by Ahmat Acyl[2] and later headed by Acheikh ibn Oumar and was also known as the New Volcan Army.[3]

  1. ^ Collins, Robert O. Africa's Thirty Years War: Libya, Chad, and the Sudan, 1963–1993, p. 159.: Westview Press, 1999.
  2. ^ PRINCIPAL ARMED FACTIONS, 1975-87, Chad, Library of Congress
  3. ^ Alex Peter Schmid; A. J. Jongman (2005). Political terrorism: a new guide to actors, authors, concepts, data bases, theories, & literature. Transaction Publishers. p. 520. ISBN 978-1-4128-0469-1. Retrieved 21 April 2011.