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The situation allarmed the country's neighbours, worried of a possible spill-over; as a result, already on February 16 the Sudan ese minister Izz Eldine Hamed had arrived in N'Djamena where he negotiated a Ceasefire among the rival factions. The Sudanese proposed organizing a peace conference in neutral territory, and Nigeria 's President Olusegun Obasanjo offered Kano , in Northern Nigeria, as seat for the conference. He also invited as observers Chad's neighbouring countries ( Libya , Sudan, Cameroon , Central African Republic , Niger ). The conference startd with some days of delay on March 11 , with the arrival of Malloum, Habré, Goukouni and Aboubakar Abdel Rahmane . Among the four, Malloum represented the French -backed national government, Habré and Goukouni the county's biggest insurgent forces, while Aboubakar, leader of a minor insurgent group, the Popular Movement For The Liberation Of Chad (MPLT), could count on the support of Nigeria. These four signed the Kano Accord on National Reconciliation on March 16 , and it became effective on March 23 , when Malloum and Habré formally resigned. The six points of the accord were:
It also projected the foundation of a Transitional Government Of National Unity (GUNT), which would have governed Chad till new elections. Malloum and Habré were excluded from the GUNT, but all of the four factions present at the conference would have two ministries in the Provvisional State Council that would govern in Chad till the full estabilishment of the GUNT. Goukouni was to be President of this Council. The French troops, present in Chad from 1978 , were to leave the country and be substituted with a multi-national Africa n peacekeeping force under the aegis of the Organisation Of African Unity (OAU), represented principally by Nigerian troops. The Kano Accord was a failure, for it offended Libyan interests by excluding pro-Libyan factions like Abba Siddick 's "Original FROLINAT" and Ahmat Acyl 's Volcan Army , that menaced to form a counter-government if excluded from the GUNT. This brought Nigerians to search a new accord that would include a major number of factions; and from this was to emerge the Lagos Accord , signed on August 21 in the Nigerian city of Lagos , which took the place of the Kano Accord. SEE ALSO REFERENCES |
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