Popular Front for Recovery
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|leaders=General Abdel Kader Baba-Laddé
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The Popular Front for Recovery ({{langx|fr|Front Populaire pour le Redressement}}; FPR) is a militia from Chad. It destabilized northern Central African Republic from 2008 to 2012.{{sfn|IRIN|2012}}
The leader of the FPR was General Abdel Kader Baba-Laddé.{{sfn|IRIN|2012}}
History
The FPR has signed ceasefires on several occasions,{{sfn|AFP|2011}}{{sfn|IRIN|2012}} only to return to fighting soon after,{{sfn|AFP|2012}} in a cycle that is typical of conflicts in the region.{{sfn|Debos|2008}} In January 2014 FPR took control of Bang, town on border with Chad and Cameroon, however they were ousted by Revolution and Justice month later.{{cite web|url=https://ipisresearch.be/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/IPIS-CAR-Conflict-Mapping-November-2014.pdf|title=Mapping Conflict Motives: The Central African Republic|date=November 2014}} On 8 December 2014 group leader, Baba-Laddé was arrested near Kabo{{cite web|url=http://centrafrique-presse.over-blog.com/2014/12/scheikh-aboulanwar-djarma-ancien-maire-de-ndjamena-demande-a-la-minusca-de-proteger-baba-ladde.html|title=Scheikh Aboulanwar Djarma, ancien Maire de Ndjaména demande à la Minusca de protéger Baba Laddé|language=fr|date=12 December 2014}}
In August 2023, FPR declared its intention to fight alongside the Front for Change and Concord in Chad against the Chadian government.{{cite news |title=Chad rebel group threatens military-led government |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/chad-rebel-group-threatens-military-led-government-2023-08-22/ |work=Reuters |date=22 August 2023 |access-date=5 February 2024 }}
Citations
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References
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- {{Cite news
| last = AFP
| title = Chad rebel group signs peace accord
| work = AFP
| accessdate = 2013-03-25
| date = 2011-06-14
| url = https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5htn27Nap8lveTmH7eGliudFkofeQ?docId=CNG.8627c7819db8558768362e2e162f075b.e1
| archive-url = https://archive.today/20130411012913/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5htn27Nap8lveTmH7eGliudFkofeQ?docId=CNG.8627c7819db8558768362e2e162f075b.e1
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = April 11, 2013
}}
- {{Cite news
| last = AFP
| title = Chad rebels threaten to advance on N'Djamena
| work = AFP
| accessdate = 2013-03-25
| date = 2012-02-14
| url = https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iP2nvlM32Ft9wc9Zxu5WZQ1xdKQw?docId=CNG.593722c649aecedbe48989d73454b8be.81
| archive-url = https://archive.today/20130411015658/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iP2nvlM32Ft9wc9Zxu5WZQ1xdKQw?docId=CNG.593722c649aecedbe48989d73454b8be.81
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = April 11, 2013
}}
- {{Cite news
| last = IRIN
| title = Central Africa: Boost for Peace As Rebel Group Disbands
| work = UN Integrated Regional Information Networks
| location = Bangui, CAR
| accessdate = 2013-03-25
| date = 2012-10-09
| url = http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96496/CENTRAL-AFRICAN-REPUBLIC-Boost-for-peace-as-rebel-group-disbands
}}
- {{Cite journal
| doi = 10.1093/afraf/adn004
| issn = 0001-9909
| volume = 107
| issue = 427
| pages = 225–241
| last = Debos
| first = Marielle
| title = Fluid Loyalties in a Regional Crisis: Chadian 'Ex-Liberators' in the Central African Republic
| journal = African Affairs
| date = 2008-04-01
| jstor = 27667022
}}
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