Chad (Vol 2, 2005)
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The effects of the Darfur crisis continued to dominate the domestic and foreign politics of Chad. During 2005, the conflict, in which the Sudanese army allied with Arab militias, the Janjaweed, is fighting against rebels supported by black African ethnic groups, gradually spilled over the border. Discontent with President Déby's handling of the Darfur affair fuelled tensions in the ruling circles around the president and in the leadership of the army, and led to the desertion of hundreds of troops towards the east, where two new opposition groups emerged this year, ‘Socle pour le Changement, l'Unité Nationale et la Démocratie’ (SCUD, literally Platform for Change, National Unity and Democracy) and ‘Front pour la Liberté et la Démocratie’ (FLD, Rally for Democracy and Liberty). The unrest in the eastern part of the country led to tense relationships between Chad and Sudan, who exchanged accusations that each was supporting rebels in the other's country. Efforts to find a diplomatic solution involved the AU and CEMAC, turning the Sudan-Chad conflict into a regional issue.
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Chad (Vol 2, 2005)
in Africa Yearbook OnlineSearch for other papers by Mirjam de Bruijn in
Current site
Google Scholar
Search for other papers by Han van Dijk in
Current site
Google Scholar
(3,707 words)