Chad's FACT rebel group ends ceasefire over alleged attack by junta


  • World
  • Sunday, 20 Aug 2023

N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - Chadian rebel group the Front for Change and Concord in Chad (FACT) has announced an end to a ceasefire it declared in 2021, accusing the interim authorities of bombing one of its bases in what it called an act of war.

Friday's move suggests a possible return to all-out hostilities between the military-led government and FACT - fighting which led to the battlefield death of president Idriss Deby in 2021, after which his son Mahamat Idriss Deby seized power.

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