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Word: oueddei (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...ended an uneasy truce between warring guerrilla armies. The principal antagonists are two rival leaders who are members of Chad's own central government: President Goukouni Oueddei and Defense Minister Hissene Habré. The two ex-soldiers once fought as Muslim allies during the country's 14-year civil war. Now they are locked in a personal power struggle, with their respective forces (Oueddei's 6,800; Habré's 5,000) shelling each other's urban strongholds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHAD: Shattered Truce | 4/7/1980 | See Source »

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