Battle of N'Djamena (2006)

The Battle of N'Djamena took place between the forces of the revolutionary United Front for Democratic Change (UFCD) and the military of Chad that occurred on 13 April 2006 when rebel forces launched an assault on the capital of Chad in the pre-dawn hours, attempting to overthrow the government of President Idriss Déby Itno from their bases an estimated thousand miles east.

For other battles that occurred in N'Djamena, see Battle of N'Djamena (disambiguation).

Battle of N'Djamena
Part of War in Chad (2005–2010)
Date13 April 2006
Location
N'Djamena, Chad
Result Chadian military victory
Belligerents
United Front for Democratic Change Military of Chad
Commanders and leaders
Mohammed Nour Abdelkerim
Abdelwahid Aboud Mackaye		 Idriss Déby
Casualties and losses
370 killed
271 captured		 30 killed
Unknown number of civilians killed, 387 injured on both sides

The battle occurred just months after serious Chad-Sudan tensions ended with the signing of the Tripoli Agreement. Déby broke off relations with the government of Sudan as a result, expelling its diplomats and threatened to stop sheltering thousands of Sudanese refugees from the Darfur region. The government of Sudan has been documented by the United Nations to have engaged in mass murder of approximately 100,000 non-Arab civilians in Darfur in the period 2003–2006.

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