Battle of N'Djamena (2006) 2006
Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate.
Key facts
| Date | 13 April 2006 | Wikidata |
|---|---|---|
| Year | 2006 | Wikidata P585 (point in time) |
| Era | Post-1945 (1946 onwards) | derived from year |
| Location | Chad | Natural Earth (modern borders) |
| Continent | Africa | Natural Earth |
| War / conflict | Chad–Sudan Conflict | Wikidata P361 |
| Coordinates | 12.1164, 15.0722 | Wikidata P625 |
About the battle
The Battle of N'Djamena took place between the forces of the revolutionary United Front for Democratic Change (UFCD) and the military of Chad that occurred on 13 April 2006 when rebel forces launched an assault on the capital of Chad in the pre-dawn hours, attempting to overthrow the government of President Idriss Déby Itno from their bases an estimated thousand miles east.
The battle occurred just months after serious Chad-Sudan tensions ended with the signing of the Tripoli Agreement. Déby broke off relations with the government of Sudan as a result, expelling its diplomats and threatened to stop sheltering thousands of Sudanese refugees from the Darfur region. The government of Sudan has been documented by the United Nations to have engaged in mass murder of approximately 100,000 non-Arab civilians in Darfur in the period 2003–2006.
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