General information
First Active Year: 1992
Current Name: CNR
Current Name full English: National Council for Recovery
Current Name full native language: Comité national de redressement
Original Name: CNR
Original Name full English: National Council for Recovery
Original Name full native language: Comité national de redressement
Actor Chronology
This section contains information about (if applicable) group splinters, name changes, and alliances according to the UCDP definitions of these concepts.
UCDP has not recorded any Chronology Activities involving this group.
Conflict issues
Government of Chad - CNR
Conflict Goal Issues: Comité national de redressement, or National Council for Recovery, (CNR) was a Kobe rebel group that emerged following measures by Chadian President Idriss Déby to reduce the influence of the Kobe ethnic group on the government, particularly through reducing the power of the future leader of CNR Colonel Abbas Koty. The group emerged when factions of the Chadian military loyal to Koty began fighting the Chadian military following the demotion of Koty to Minister of Public Works and Transport, and these forces would later become CNR. The group emerged in 1992, during which it stated several conflict goal issues, calling for the ousting of President Déby based on allegations of corruption and for democracy to be established in Chad.
As the conflict progressed, the group reemphasized its intentions to establish democracy in Chad and to oust the Déby regime. The group also called for the protection of freedom of expression and children’s rights. CNR also stated its intentions to establish law and order in Chad and to restructure the military forces through the dissolution of the Presidential Guard which protected Déby and for it to be integrated into the armed forces.
The main conflict goal issues of CNR were the establishment of democracy in Chad and the ousting of President Déby from power. These issues were continuously stated and heavily emphasized throughout the conflict.
Conflict Dynamics Issues: In 1992, CNR called for the removal of foreign influence, calling upon “foreign countries to keep back from this entirely Chadian problem.” The group also called for the release of four illegal arrests that had been carried out following Koti’s rebellion against the government.
As the conflict progressed, neither of these issues were explicitly reemphasized. Instead, the group accused government forces and the Presidential Guard of massacring civilians in both 1993 and 1994. In 1993, CNR also called for humanitarian organizations to ‘shed some light’ on a massacre carried out in the village of Chokoyan.
The main conflict dynamics issue expressed by CNR was the accusations of atrocities and massacres against the Chadian civilian population by government forces. This issue was continuously stated throughout the conflict and became central to the group’s goals in the latter stages of the conflict.
Conflict Resolution Issues: In 1992, CNR negotiated an agreement on disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration with the government. In 1993, the group called for recognition of wrongdoing by the state and investigation into and prosecution of perpetrators of massacres against civilians in Chad. These were the only interpreted conflict resolution issues for CNR.
Type of conflict issues: The coded conflict issues for this group are: Conflict Goal Issues: Childrens rights, Corruption, CPS: Democracy, Freedom of expression, Oust head of the executive, Restructure military forces, Rule of law
Conflict Dynamics Issues: Atrocities and abuses, DFI: Removal of foreign influence, IFI: Humanitarian aid, Release of prisoners
Conflict Resolution Issues: Accountability/prosecution/investigation, DDR issues, Recognition of wrongdoing
Annual information
This section contains annual information systematically collected by the UCDP.
1992
Actor Active in Dyad(s):
Government of Chad - CNR
1993
Actor Active in Dyad(s):
Government of Chad - CNR
1994
Actor Active in Dyad(s):
Government of Chad - CNR
Group Archive
This section contains annual information no longer systematically collected by the UCDP.
1992 Group Archive
Government of Chad - CNR
Comment on Name: Comité national de redressement
National Council for Recovery
The National Council for Recovery (CNR) is sometimes also called the Comité national de redressement du Tchad / National Council for Recovery of Chad (CNRT).
Troop Size: 100
Comment on Troop Size: It was reported that the CNR had around 100 fighters in 1992.
Secondary Support: The National Council for Recovery (CNR) was, however, based in Algeria at least sometime between June 1992 and August 1993. It has not been possible to confirm whether the CNR was based in Algeria with Algerias consent. Algeria has therefore not been coded as a secondary party.
1993 Group Archive
Government of Chad - CNR
Comment on Name: Comité national de redressement
National Council for Recovery
The National Council for Recovery (CNR) is sometimes also called the Comité national de redressement du Tchad / National Council for Recovery of Chad (CNRT).
Troop Size: Missing
Secondary Support: The National Council for Recovery (CNR) was, however, based in Algeria at least sometime between June 1992 and August 1993. It has not been possible to confirm whether the CNR was based in Algeria with Algerias consent. Algeria has therefore not been coded as a secondary party.
1994 Group Archive
Government of Chad - CNR
Comment on Name: The National Council for Recovery (CNR) is sometimes also called the Comité national de redressement du Tchad / National Council for Recovery of Chad (CNRT).
Troop Size: Missing
