War in Chad: Part 2 of 3

This video illustrates the desolation faced by the people in Chad. The first village they visited contained 230 villagers, who had fled to the mountains for safety. Sixty or so had returned for the sole reason of planting their crops before the rainy season. The host also stumbles upon a family fleeing from the lawless borderland to safety because of attacks on them and their people. In the video he is escorted by a group of SLA fighters, who have become the guards between Chad and Sudan.

- 2006 UK Documentary

War in Chad: Part 1 of 3

This video shows some of the most dangerous parts of North Africa. it alsotells about the different kinds of weapons used in the war. They cross the border of Chad. When they are in Chad they show one of the towns that has been attacked and a hospital in Chad. It also shows many of the Chadian soldiers and tells some of their storys. From a 2006 UK documentary

I don't see any clear good guys in this war

Ok so I would say that the rebel groups fighting the Chadian government would have to be the "good guys", but they have some questionable friends. They are aligned with the Janjaweed groups, aka the guys doing all the killing and raping in Darfur, Sudan. So the rebel groups are fighting to overthrow the Chadian government due to their poor human rights record, which they have every right to do, since their leader is a brutal dictator, but how can they justify being aligned with a group who seems to me to be just as bad? Also, am I just supposed to be posting facts and videos or making my own commentary?

Chad's civil strife

This is a brief overview of the Civil War of Chad taken from Inside Story on February 4, 2008. The main conflict is the attempt to overthrow President Deby. There are two interviews on the neighboring country Sudan's contributions.

Civil War of Chad

According to Alex de Waal thi war has taken a turn for the worse,“ This war has become more bloody as of lately and has seen more deaths lately than previously thought. For the past couple years the Sudanese government has been trying to overthrow the Chadian president.” http://www.greeleft.org.au/ by Alex de Wall -Kyle Peters- . This shows that this war is not over and the war according to Waal is getting worse. This war is not close to being over.

According to www.mahalo.com/chad-war, the fourth Civil War of Chad began started in December, 2005. It is a conflict between the national government, led by Idriss Deby, and several Chadian rebel groups. It has involved several neighboring countries such as Libya, Sudan, and Niger.

The Chadian rebels groups involved include the united Front of Democratic change, United Force for Development and Democracy gathering of forces for change, and National Accord of Chad. It has also involved the Janjaweed. Sudan allegedly supported the rebel groups while Libya mediated the conflict as stated by http://www.articlediary.com/.

Also according to Alex de Wall, EUFOR was authorized by the UN Security Council for eastern Chad. EUFOR is a European Protection force and will be used as a neutral international civilian protection force.

BBC News--Chad Timeline:

2005 December - Rebels attack the town of Adre, near the Sudanese border. Chad accuses Sudan of being behind the incident.

2006 March - Government says an attempted military coup has been thwarted.

2006 April - Rebels seeking to oust President Deby battle government forces on the outskirts of the capital. Hundreds of people are killed. Chad cuts diplomatic ties with Sudan, accusing it of backing the rebels.

2006 May - President Deby is declared the winner of presidential elections. The main opposition parties boycott the poll.

2007 May - Chad and Sudan agree to stop conflict spilling across their borders but critics fear the agreement is unlikely to reduce the violence.

2007 August - Government, opposition agree to delay parliamentary elections by two years to 2009.

2007 October - Emergency declared along eastern border and in the desert north.

2008 January - European Union approves a peacekeeping force for Chad to protect refugees from violence in Darfur.

2008 February - Rebel offensive reaches the streets of N'Djamena, coming close to the presidential palace.

Rebels are repulsed in fighting that leaves more than 100 dead.

2008 March - The presidents of Chad and Sudan sign an accord in Senegal aimed at halting five years of hostilities between the two countries.

2008 May - Violence between Chadian and Sudanese militias flares up, leading to Sudan cutting diplomatic relations and Chad responding by closing its border and cutting economic ties.

2009 January - Eight rebel groups unite to form new rebel alliance, the Union of Resistance Forces (UFR), with Rally of Democratic Forces leader Timan Erdimi as its leader.

2009 March - European Union peacekeepers in eastern Chad hand over to a new, larger UN force known as Minurcat.

2009 November - Six international aid groups, including the International Red Cross, suspend work in eastern Chad, citing risk of their staff being abducted or killed.

2010 February - President Deby and his Sudanese counterpart, Omar al-Bashir, hold talks in Sudanese capital Khartoum, in their first meeting for six years; President al-Bashir says his country is ready for full normalisation of ties.

2010 April - Chad-Sudan border reopens seven years after Darfur conflict forced its closure. This is because of the Chadian rebel groups affiliation with Janjaweed militias. There have been multiple cross border raids by Janjaweed.