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...Habre, 39, advanced from north and east on the dusty capital of N'Djamena. When the rebels appeared, the armies of President Goukouni Oueddei beat a confused retreat. Stranded, with only a few loyal soldiers left, Goukouni fled ignominiously into exile by boarding a canoe to cross the Chari River into Cameroon. By sundown, the three-year reign of Goukouni was over and Habre, who received support from Egypt and Sudan, was ensconced in the presidential palace...
...Gadaffi's long-range ambition to establish an Islamic sub-Saharan republic stretching from Senegal to the Sudan. Despite diplomatic pressures on Gadaffi to withdraw his troops, however, the Libyan presence in Chad is growing. Last week Nairobi Bureau Chief Jack White traveled to Chad by crossing the Chari River in a dugout canoe and reached the war-ravaged capital of N'Djamena. His report...
...residents who fled N'Djamena when fighting broke out between Oueddei supporters and the rival forces of former Defense Minister Hissène Habré do not seem convinced that the danger is past. Each morning, canoes ferry thousands of women across the muddy, slow-moving Chari River from the Cameroon village of Kousseri to market their wares in Chad. Their bundles include huge stocks of emergency food doled out by international relief agencies at their sprawling refugee camp. At sunset, the women return to Cameroon, carrying bundles of clothing recovered from their abandoned homes. Relief workers say that...
...guerrilla groups-one led by President Goukouni Oueddei, the other by insurgent Defense Minister Hissène Habré-had reached a virtual stalemate in their listless battle for control of the impoverished, landlocked country of 4.5 million. Fighting mainly over the capital of N'Djamena on the Chari River, the two miniarmies regularly exchanged artillery duels, and then, just as regularly, stopped shooting for lunch, tea and dinner breaks...
...Libyan invasion force included more than 4,000 infantry, backed by 50 Soviet-supplied T-54 and T-55 tanks, along with 122-mm rocket launchers, 81-mm mortars and even U.S.-built Chinook helicopters. Against such unexpected fire power, Habré's forces retreated across the Chari River into Cameroon. Two days later Habré agreed to a cease-fire sponsored by the Organization of African Unity...