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 ⓘ
linked to: 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 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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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chadian–Libyan conflict → hasPart → First Chadian Civil War ⓘ
Hissène Habré → conflict → Chadian Civil War ⓘ
linked to: First Chadian Civil War
Transitional Government of National Unity (Chad) → cameToPowerDuring → Chadian Civil War (1965–1979 phase) ⓘ
linked to: First Chadian Civil War
Second Chadian Civil War → precededBy → First Chadian Civil War ⓘ
Lagos Accord (1979) → conflictAddressed → Chadian Civil War ⓘ
linked to: First Chadian Civil War
François Tombalbaye → notableEvent → First Chadian Civil War ⓘ
François Tombalbaye → policyContributedTo → First Chadian Civil War ⓘ
Chadian Civil War → hasPart → First Chadian Civil War ⓘ