United Front for Democratic Change

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United Front for Democratic Change
Front uni pour le changement
Founders
Abdelwahit About
Foundation26–28 December 2005
Group(s)CNT
RDL
SCUD
FIDEL (until May 2007)
FNTR
Group of 8 December
CNR
FRRRT:
IdeologyAnti-Déby
Part ofUFDD (from 2006)

The United Front for Democratic Change (

Chad-Sudan Conflict. The result was the Tripoli Agreement
.

Abdullahi Abdel Karim, the spokesperson for the Rally for Democracy and Liberty (RDL) rebels said, "Each of our groups had their own forces, men and equipment. Now, we'll be joining them together."[1]

On 19 January 2006, Abdelwahit About was arrested by the Sudanese government along with twenty other F.U.C. rebels, after he gave a radio interview stating that not only was he in Khartoum, but the F.U.C. had friendly ties to the Sudanese government.[2]

On 12 April 2006, rebels from the United Front drove 1000 km from their bases near the Sudan border to the Chadian capital, N'Djamena. Their attack on the capital which occurred before dawn was repelled by the Chadian army, as reported on 13 April.[3] (See Battle of N'Djamena.)

Rebel groups within FUC

The eight (defunct) rebel groups that form the FUC:

2006 peace accord

On 24 December 2006, Chad's President

Mahamat Nour Abdelkerim signed a peace accord ending hostilities between the Chadian government and the United Front for Democratic Change. A substantial portion of the forces commanded by Abdelkerim were scheduled to be integrated into the Chadian national army over the subsequent three months, but the remaining rebel factions continued to fight on against the government.[4] Abdelkerim was brought into the government as Minister of Defense in March 2007.[5]

Serious fighting between elements of FUC and the government forces took place on 18 October 2007 at

Goz-Beïda.[6][7] The fighting was said to have been precipitated by the unwillingness of the FUC elements to disarm and integrate into the army, as provided for in the peace agreement. Abdelkerim urged these FUC elements to accept integration into the army.[6]

Child soldiers

According to reports in May 2007, the rebel group had more than 1,000 child soldiers within its ranks. There are ongoing negotiations with the government of Chad for their demobilization.[8]

See also

  • Second Battle of Adré

References

  1. ^ "Chad rebels join to overthrow president". CNN. 30 December 2005. [dead link]
  2. ^ "Thomson Reuters Foundation Humanitarian News". AlertNet. [dead link]
  3. ^ "Yahoo!". Yahoo! News. Archived from the original on 28 February 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Chad president and rebel leader sign peace accord". Sudan Tribune. 25 December 2006.
  5. IOL
    . Reuters. 5 March 2007.
  6. ^ a b AFP (19 October 2007). "Combats dans l'est du Tchad: 13 ex-rebelles tués, 6 soldats blessés selon l'armée" [Fighting in eastern Chad: 13 ex-rebels killed, 6 soldiers injured according to the army]. Jeune Afrique (in French). Archived from the original on 21 May 2011.
  7. ^ "Former Chadian rebels recapture Goz Beida garrison following heavy fighting". African Press Agency. 19 October 2007. Archived from the original on 5 August 2007.
  8. ^ "NICEF and Chad sign agreement to demobilize child soldiers". United Nations News Centre. 10 May 2007.

External links

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