The commemoration ceremony was attended by former Presidents Yayi Boni and Nicéphore Soglo of Benin, Goukouni Oueddei of Chad, Alpha Oumar Konaré of Mali, and Mahamadou Issoufou of Niger. These ...

The commemoration ceremony was attended by former Presidents Yayi Boni and Nicéphore Soglo of Benin, Goukouni Oueddei of Chad, Alpha Oumar Konaré of Mali, and Mahamadou Issoufou of Niger.

January 1978 saw a greater Libyan involvement, with the Libyans and Chadian politician Goukouni Oueddei assuming control of the Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti region.

In 1979, Libya intervened in the Chadian civil war on the side of Goukouni Oueddei. When Oueddei demanded the withdrawal of Libyan troops, Libya withdrew from the nondisputed territories.

What is the origin of the Hissene Habre personality? Hissène Habré is a former Chadian president, born August 13, 1942 in the Faya-Largeau region, Chad. He rose to fame as head of state from 1982 to ...

These forces were popularly called the Islamic Legion and were led by Sheikh Ibn Omar, a Chadian professor of mathematics of Arab origins, who opposed the rule of presidents Goukouni Oueddei (1979 ...

France has a long track record in Chad. It supported Hissène Habré’s coup d’état in 1981 against Goukouni Oueddei, deemed too close in Western eyes to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. Habré would ...

Instead, the dialogue seeks to engage an armed opposition comprised of politico-military groups deemed rebels or mercenaries by the Chadian state, who have been negotiating the terms of their ...

Chaired by Goukouni Oueddeï, a widely respected former rebel leader turned president (1979-1982), the latter committee consists of MPS members and security officials who, like the Libya-based rebels, ...

Habré seized power in 1982 from Goukouni Oueddei, a former rebel comrade who had won elections. It was widely believed that he was backed by the CIA, as a bulwark against Libya's then leader Colonel ...