United Front For Democratic Change

The United Front for Democratic Change (officially abbreviated as '''F.U.C.''') is the largest Chad ian rebel alliance, made up of eight individual rebel groups, all with the goals of overthrowing the government of current Chadian President Idriss Déby and after a two-year period, holding free and internationally monitored elections. UFDC was founded between December 26 and December 28 , 2005 in Modeina in eastern Chad. FUC's " President " is Mahamat Nour Abdelkerim , the former leader of the Rally For Democracy And Liberty rebel group, "first Vice President " Hassan Salleh Algadam, and "second vice president" Abakar Tollimi. On December 18 the RDL and another allied rebel group, Platform For Change, Unity And Democracy , attacked the city of Adré . The attack was repulsed by the Chadian Military , and the Chadian government accused the Sudan ese government of supporting the rebels, which Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir denies. Chad declared a "state of belligerance" with Sudan on December 23 , 2005, resulting in the Chad-Sudan Conflict . The result was the Tripoli Agreement .

Abdullahi Abdel Karim , the spokesperson for the Rally for Democracy and Liberty (RDL) rebels said, "Each of our groups had their own forces, men and equipment. Now, we'll be joining them together." {Link without Title}

On January 19 , 2006 , Abdelwahit About was arrested by the Sudanese government along with twenty other F.U.C. rebels, after he gave a radio interview stating that not only was he in Khartoum , but the F.U.C. had friendly ties to the Sudanese government. {Link without Title}

On April 12, 2006, rebels from the United Front drove 1000 km from their bases near the .)

REBEL GROUPS WITHIN FUC

The eight (defunct) rebel groups that form the FUC:

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United Front For Democratic Change