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Djiboutian Civil War

Djiboutian Civil War

The situation during the Djiboutian Civil War
Date31 October 1991 – 26 December 1994
(3 years, 1 month, 3 weeks and 5 days)
Location
Northern Djibouti
Result Government victory
FRUD Peace Accord
Beginning of the FRUD insurgency
Belligerents
 Djibouti
Supported by:
 France
FRUD
Commanders and leaders
Djibouti Hassan Gouled Aptidon
France François Mitterrand
Ahmed Dini Ahmed
Ali Mohamed Daoud
Strength
5,000 (1992)
20,000 (1994)[1]
3,000 (1991)
4,500 (1994)
Casualties and losses
Unknown 1,000 killed[2]

The Djiboutian Civil War (also known as the First Afar insurgency) was a conflict in Djibouti, lasting from 1991 to 1994 and resulting in thousands of fatalities.[3] The uneven power sharing between the Issas and the Afars led to the Civil War that ravaged the country for three years.

  1. ^ "1993 Human Rights Report: DJIBOUTI". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-10-20.
  2. ^ "CSP - Major Episodes of Political Violence, 1946-2013". www.systemicpeace.org.
  3. ^ "Djibouti army reports 100 rebels killed." The Associated Press, January 19, 1992.

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