Civil War Ravages Chad
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Human Rights Series
- Categories: Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Military History
- Subcategories: Wars, Battles, Revolutions, Rebellions, Uprisings, Riots, Human Rights, Civil Wars, Coups, Violence
- Curriculum: African History
- Geographical Location: Chad
- Date: 1965-1980’s
Article abstract: Intermittent civil war between rival factions in the poverty-stricken Saharan nation of Chad took an awful toll in human lives and suffering.
Summary of Event
Civil war, political brutality, frequent coups d’etat, a hostile physical environment, and endemic poverty have plagued Chad’s four million inhabitants since shortly after independence from France in 1960. Like those of many other African nations, Chad’s boundaries reflect interimperial rivalries (in this case, between France and Italy) rather than social cohesion, so...
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