FROLINAT

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FROLINAT was a Chadian rebel organization formed in the 1960s that sought to overthrow the central government and played a major role in the country’s early civil conflicts.

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instanceOf insurgent group
rebel organization
abbreviation FROLINAT NERFINISHED
activeInCountry Chad NERFINISHED
activePeriodStart 1966
armedStruggleAgainst Tombalbaye regime
successor Chadian governments
conflictType civil conflict in Chad
country Chad
disintegratedInto various Chadian rebel factions
experienced internal splits
leadership struggles
foundedIn Nyala NERFINISHED
foundedInCountry Sudan NERFINISHED
foundedInDecade 1960s
foundedInRegion Darfur NERFINISHED
founder Abba Siddick NERFINISHED
Ahmat Acyl NERFINISHED
other Chadian exiles
fullName Front de Libération Nationale du Tchad NERFINISHED
fullNameInEnglish National Liberation Front of Chad NERFINISHED
goal overthrow the Chadian central government
hadFaction First Army NERFINISHED
Second Army NERFINISHED
Third Army NERFINISHED
ideology anti-government
influenced Goukouni Oueddei government NERFINISHED
Hissène Habré regime NERFINISHED
languageOfAcronym French
notableLeader Abba Siddick NERFINISHED
Goukouni Oueddei NERFINISHED
Hissène Habré NERFINISHED
operatedInRegion Sahelian zone of Chad
central Chad
northern Chad
opposedTo Government of François Tombalbaye NERFINISHED
Government of Félix Malloum NERFINISHED
central Chadian government NERFINISHED
primaryRecruitmentBase northern Muslim populations of Chad GENERATED
relatedTo Chadian–Libyan War NERFINISHED
Libyan–Chadian conflict NERFINISHED
roleInEvent Chadian Civil War NERFINISHED
significance major actor in early Chadian civil wars
status defunct
supportedBy Libya NERFINISHED
Sudan NERFINISHED
usedTactics guerrilla warfare
hit-and-run attacks

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