FROLINAT

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FROLINAT was a Chadian rebel organization formed in the 1960s that sought to overthrow the central government and played a major role in the country’s early civil conflicts.

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instanceOf insurgent group
rebel organization
abbreviation FROLINAT
activeInCountry Chad
activePeriodStart 1966
armedStruggleAgainst Tombalbaye regime
successor Chadian governments
conflictType civil conflict in Chad
country Chad
disintegratedInto various Chadian rebel factions
experienced internal splits
leadership struggles
foundedIn Nyala
foundedInCountry Sudan
foundedInDecade 1960s
foundedInRegion Darfur
linked to: Darfur region
founder Abba Siddick
Ahmat Acyl
other Chadian exiles
fullName Front de Libération Nationale du Tchad
fullNameInEnglish National Liberation Front of Chad
goal overthrow the Chadian central government
hadFaction First Army
Second Army
Third Army
ideology anti-government
influenced Goukouni Oueddei government
linked to: Goukouni Oueddei

Hissène Habré regime
linked to: Hissène Habré
languageOfAcronym French
notableLeader Abba Siddick
Goukouni Oueddei
Hissène Habré
operatedInRegion Sahelian zone of Chad
central Chad
northern Chad
opposedTo Government of François Tombalbaye
Government of Félix Malloum
linked to: Félix Malloum

central Chadian government
linked to: Government of Chad
primaryRecruitmentBase northern Muslim populations of Chad
relatedTo Chadian–Libyan War
Libyan–Chadian conflict
roleInEvent Chadian Civil War
significance major actor in early Chadian civil wars
status defunct
supportedBy Libya
Sudan
usedTactics guerrilla warfare
hit-and-run attacks

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