First Chadian Civil War

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The First Chadian Civil War was a complex internal conflict in Chad from the mid-1960s to 1979, marked by ethnic and regional tensions, foreign intervention, and the eventual collapse of central authority.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf armed conflict
civil war
capitalCityInvolved N'Djamena
surface form: N’Djamena
cause ethnic tensions
opposition to President François Tombalbaye
political marginalization of northern Chad
regional tensions
characteristic collapse of central government control outside the capital
ethnic polarization
foreign military intervention
fragmentation of rebel movements
country Chad
endDate 1979
endedWith GUNT
formation of Transitional Government of National Unity
followedBy Second Chadian Civil War
hasPart FROLINAT insurgency
civil–military coups in N’Djamena
northern rebellion
keyFigure Ahmadou Ahidjo
François Tombalbaye
Félix Malloum
Goukouni Oueddei
Hissène Habré
Muammar Gaddafi
locatedIn Central Africa
opponent FROLINAT
Government of Chad
various rebel factions
partOf Cold War
previousNameOfCapitalDuringConflict Fort-Lamy
regionInvolved BET Prefecture
Sahel
northern Chad
result collapse of central authority in Chad
continued instability in Chad
overthrow of François Tombalbaye
rise of Hissène Habré
significantCombatant Forces Armées Nationales Tchadiennes
surface form: Chadian Armed Forces

FAN
FROLINAT
Forces Armées du Nord
France
Front de Libération Nationale du Tchad
Libya
Nigeria
Sudan
startDate 1965
supportedBy France
Libya
Nigeria
Sudan
temporalContext 1960s
1970s

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Chadian–Libyan conflict hasPart First Chadian Civil War
Hissène Habré conflict First Chadian Civil War
this entity surface form: Chadian Civil War
Transitional Government of National Unity (Chad) cameToPowerDuring First Chadian Civil War
this entity surface form: Chadian Civil War (1965–1979 phase)
Second Chadian Civil War precededBy First Chadian Civil War