CHAD CIVIL WAR
YEARS: 1982-2002 | DEATHS: 37500
THE CONFLICT DATABASE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF UPPSALA
Information about this conflict can be found in the conflict database made and maintained by the The Department of Peace and Conflict Research at University of Uppsala in Sweden.
DATABASE DETAILS
Quote from article: "Civil war has been a feature of Chadian life for almost the entire post-independence period. There is an immense ethnic diversity within the country, and these divisions have been exacerbated by a tradition of factionalism. Historically, there has been animosity between the mainly Muslim north and the Christian and animist south. This animosity was further reinforced by a negligent French colonial administration and even if the current conflict has evolved to surpass the simplified north-south dichotomy, it remains at the core of the conflict and can still be used by opportunistic politicians".