Acheikh Ibn-Oumar (born 1951) is a Chadian politician and military leader. In the 1980s he led the Democratic Revolutionary Council (in French CDR: Conseil Démocratique Révolutionnaire), a military-political group opposing the government of President

Hissène Habré Hissène Habré (Arabic: ''Ḥusaīn Ḥabrī'', Chadian Arabic: ; ; 13 August 1942 – 24 August 2021), also spelled Hissen Habré, was a Chadian politician and convicted war criminal who served as the 5th president of Chad from 1982 unt ...

. He studied mathematics in

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, and then, in the late 70's, joined the historical Chadian revolutionary mouvement

FROLINAT FROLINAT (; ) was an insurgent rebel group active in Chad between 1966 and 1993. Origins The organization was the result of the political union between the leftist Chadian National Union (UNT), led by Ibrahim Abatcha, and the General Union of ...

(Chad National Liberation Front; in French : "FRont de LIbération NATionale du Tchad). He held several cabinet positions within the GUNT (Chad National Union Government; in French, "Gouvernement d'Union Nationale du Tchad"), led by Goukouni Weddeye (or Oueddei). In November 1984, Acheikh Ibn-Oumar was arrested in Tripoli and then transferred to

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where he remained in detention until December 1985, because of serious divergences with both late

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and Goukouni. After a short-lived reconciliation with Goukouni, in 1986, Acheikh Ibn-Oumar and the CDR withdrew support for

Goukouni Oueddei Goukouni Oueddei ( '; born 1944) is a Chadian politician who served as President of Chad from 1979 to 1982. A northerner, Goukouni commanded FROLINAT rebels with Libyan support during the first Chadian Civil War against Chad's southern-domin ...

, leaving Goukouni isolated. Libya switched support from Goukouni to Ibn-Oumar, backing Ibn-Oumar's forces as they took

Ennedi The Ennedi Plateau is located in the northeast of Chad, in the regions of Ennedi-Ouest and Ennedi-Est. It is considered a part of the group of mountains known as the Ennedi Massif found in Chad, which is one of the nine countries that make up ...

in northern Chad, and sending aircraft and tanks to help Ibn-Oumar defend against a counter-attack by

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forces loyal to Goukouni. In mid-November 1986, supported by

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, Ibn-Oumar became president of a newly constituted

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by French and Chadian forces, fighting the

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there. In defeat Acheikh Ibn Oumar distributed 1,500 automatic weapons to his Arab allies in Chad and "across the international boundary in Darfur." In March 1988 Goukouni reestablished control of GUNT, and in June 1988 Oumar was arrested in

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. After negotiations in

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, Ibn-Oumar returned to Chad in November 1988, this time heading forces supporting President Habré. Habré made Ibn-Oumar Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1989. As Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ibn-Oumar was the Chadian representative in

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for the 31 May 1989 effort at peaceful resolution of the dispute with Libya over the

Aozou Strip The Aouzou Strip (; , ) is a strip of land in northern Chad that lies along the border with Libya, extending south to a depth of about 100 kilometers into Chad's Borkou, Ennedi Ouest, Ennedi Est, and Tibesti regions for an area of 114,000&nbs ...

.David Lea, Annamarie Rowe, ''A political chronology of Africa'', pp. 84-6, 250, 254 Ibn-Oumar later served in President Déby's government., as Special Adviser (1991-1992), and afterwards as Chad's High Representative to The

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, and Ambassador to

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(1992-1993) In December 1999, Ibn-Oumar became the leader of a new political grouping, the Comité politique d'action et de liaison (CPAL).David Seddon, Daniel Seddon-Daines, ''A political and economic dictionary of Africa'', Taylor & Francis, 2005, p. 127 The CPAL consisted of an alliance between the CDR and three other armed groups, including the National Front of Chad (FNT), the Movement for Democracy and Justice in Chad (MJDT) and the Movement for the Unity of the Republic (MUR). In 2006 the CDR joined the UFDD alliance in opposition to President Déby,Human Rights Watch, ''"They Came Here to Kill Us"'' but Oumar left the UFDD in April 2007, and founded the UFDD-F with Aboud Mackaye. In 2009, he participated in the latest armed coalition led by President Déby's own nephew, Timane Erimi, UFR.

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