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The Front for Change and Concord in Chad (FACT) is a pro-democratic political and military organization in Chad which was founded in 2016 by Mahamat Mahdi Ali. It split from the Union of Forces for Democracy and Development (UFDD) rebel group, and Ali declared war on the authoritarian regime of Idriss Deby and launched incursions into Chad from southern Libya, where FACT occasionally clashed with ISIL and the Libyan National Army. On 11 April 2021, as polling stations closed following the 2021 presidential election, FACT launched an offensive against the Chadian government, and President Deby was killed on the front lines of the conflict on 20 April 2021 as FACT rebels advanced on N'Djamena. On 21 April, the FACT rebels reached N'Djamena, and the rebels rejected the military junta headed by Deby's son Mahamat Deby Itno.

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