Chad: Whether the Armed Forces for the Federal Republic (FARF - Forces armées pour la république fédérale) is still active and if so, its activities
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 7 September 2000 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | TCD35045.E |
| Reference | 2 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Chad: Whether the Armed Forces for the Federal Republic (FARF - Forces armées pour la république fédérale) is still active and if so, its activities, 7 September 2000, TCD35045.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3df4beaf10.html [accessed 17 September 2023] |
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During a 7 September 2000 telephone interview with the Research Directorate, the editor of Le Temps, a Chadian independent weekly newspaper stated that, since the May 1998 peace agreement with the Chadian government, the Armed Forces for the Federal Republic–FARF has ceased to exist. He added that some FARF members who were opposed to the May 1998 agreement went into exile.
Subsequent to May 1998, it was announced that "the FARF had in fact joined the MPS [the Patriotic Salvation Movement (Mouvement patriotique du salut–MPS of the president Idriss Déby]) in December" [ 1998]; that decision was reported by Dienambaye Bardé, the brother of the popular FARF Leader Looken Bardé, who was believed to have died in the early fighting (Political Handbook of the World 1999, 185).
TCD32195.F and TCD29952.F of 8 July 1999 and 3 September 1998 respectively refer to the May 1998 peace agreement between the FARF and the Chadian government.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
References
Le Temps [N'Djamena]. 7 September 2000. Telephone interview with an editor.
Political Handbook of the World: 1999. 1999. Edited by Arthur S. Banks. Binghamton, NY: CSA Publications.
Additional Sources Consulted
Africa Confidential May 1998-July 2000.
Africa Research Bulletin May 1998-June 2000.
L'Autre Afrique June 1998-January 2000.
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1999. February 2000.
IRB Databases.
Jeune Afrique May 1998-March 2000.
Keesing's Record of World Events May 1998-2000.
La Lettre hebdomadaire de la FIDH May 1998 to present.
LEXIS/NEXIS.
Le nouvel Afrique-Asie May 1998-July 2000.
Resource Centre country File. Chad. May 1998 to present.
West Africa May 1998-2000.
World News Connection (WNC).
Internet sites including:
Amnesty International Online.
Human rights Watch Online.
FIDH Online.
International Crisis Group (ICG).
Missionary Service News Agency (MISNA).
Panafrican News Agency (PANAM).
ReliefWeb.
Search engines including:
Lycos.
Google.
Yahoo.