Civil War in Chad
Since independence from France in 1960, Chad, a north-central country in Africa, has undergone four civil wars. The current civil war is a minor war under the ongoing Darfur War in Chad's neighboring country Sudan, also with Libya and France have always been involved with these conflicts.
Again, Civil Wars are caused by mismanagement, in this case, mismanagement in government. The government was not managed properly, mostly because the Chadians did not know how to run an efficient government since France had always been in control before. Since the government was mismanaged, groups found the need to rebel leading to this chaos.
First Chad Civil War (1965–1979)
Second Chad Civil War (1979-1982)
Third Chad Civil War (1998–2002)
Fourth Chad Civil War (2005–present)
Focusing mostly on the most recent war in Chad, it began in 2005, and ever a fight between two different groups, the Arab-Muslims of the north and the Sub-Saharan-Christians of the south. Leadership and presidency has drifted back and forth between the Muslims in the North and the Christians of the South, and when one side is in power, the other side starts a rebellion. In 1998, President Idriss Déby lead an armed rebellion in the North and then in 2003, conflict and war in the Darfur region of Sudan leaked through the border and into Chad. Before 2005, the Sudanese attempted to overthrow the Chadian president, President Idriss Déby by recruiting and using Chadian rebels to get the deed done. The Sudanese and rebels joined forces with three rebel groups and launched an attack on Chad's capital, N'Djamena. The three armed groups involved in attacks in 2008 were all armed by Sudanese security forces. The intent of the attacks was to cut off the support that Déby was giving to the rebels in Darfur, called the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), which had been creating chaos in Darfur.
The current war in Chad is a result of four distinct forces. First, the war is a continuation of the conflicts of Darfur and Chad, which are the competition between different groups for power and land. Second, the internal Chadian conflict. Déby changed to a one-man military rule, hopeful of broadening the base of his army. Déby relied heavily on a group of kinsmen to claim the alloted government finances for distributing aid in return for civilian loyalty. Third, the Khartoum's, capital of Sudan, strategy of managing security within its border, which included treating the weak surrounding states as extensions of its internal limits. The Sudan security helped bring Déby to power in 1990 as part of their responsibility that also saw it engage militarily in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Central African Republic over the decade, and used a combination of extortion and retribution of control to provincial elites to influence its across the border limits. Furthermore, the regional competition for dominance through an area of central Africa has not been governed by state authority. This uninhabited area includes Chad, CAR, and northern DRC, as well as the areas of Tripoli, Sudan, Kinshasa, Kigali, Kampala, Asmara, and Khartoum are competing for influence across this area.
Again, Civil Wars are caused by mismanagement, in this case, mismanagement in government. The government was not managed properly, mostly because the Chadians did not know how to run an efficient government since France had always been in control before. Since the government was mismanaged, groups found the need to rebel leading to this chaos.
First Chad Civil War (1965–1979)
Second Chad Civil War (1979-1982)
Third Chad Civil War (1998–2002)
Fourth Chad Civil War (2005–present)
Focusing mostly on the most recent war in Chad, it began in 2005, and ever a fight between two different groups, the Arab-Muslims of the north and the Sub-Saharan-Christians of the south. Leadership and presidency has drifted back and forth between the Muslims in the North and the Christians of the South, and when one side is in power, the other side starts a rebellion. In 1998, President Idriss Déby lead an armed rebellion in the North and then in 2003, conflict and war in the Darfur region of Sudan leaked through the border and into Chad. Before 2005, the Sudanese attempted to overthrow the Chadian president, President Idriss Déby by recruiting and using Chadian rebels to get the deed done. The Sudanese and rebels joined forces with three rebel groups and launched an attack on Chad's capital, N'Djamena. The three armed groups involved in attacks in 2008 were all armed by Sudanese security forces. The intent of the attacks was to cut off the support that Déby was giving to the rebels in Darfur, called the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), which had been creating chaos in Darfur.
The current war in Chad is a result of four distinct forces. First, the war is a continuation of the conflicts of Darfur and Chad, which are the competition between different groups for power and land. Second, the internal Chadian conflict. Déby changed to a one-man military rule, hopeful of broadening the base of his army. Déby relied heavily on a group of kinsmen to claim the alloted government finances for distributing aid in return for civilian loyalty. Third, the Khartoum's, capital of Sudan, strategy of managing security within its border, which included treating the weak surrounding states as extensions of its internal limits. The Sudan security helped bring Déby to power in 1990 as part of their responsibility that also saw it engage militarily in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Central African Republic over the decade, and used a combination of extortion and retribution of control to provincial elites to influence its across the border limits. Furthermore, the regional competition for dominance through an area of central Africa has not been governed by state authority. This uninhabited area includes Chad, CAR, and northern DRC, as well as the areas of Tripoli, Sudan, Kinshasa, Kigali, Kampala, Asmara, and Khartoum are competing for influence across this area.