source: Toubou Media; AFP; Le Tchadanthropus
actor1: FACT: Front for Alteration and Harmony in Chad
actor2: Military Forces of Chad (1990-2021)
location: Mao
notes: On 19 April 2021, the President of Chad, Idriss Deby, was killed in a firefight with militants of the Front for Alteration and Harmony (FACT) in the region of Mao (Kanem, Kanem). The Chadian army and international media sources reported that he was fatally injured while conducting an assault on the frontline while other sources claimed that he was killed during a meeting with FACT leaders which ended in clashes. It is unclear whether there were more fatalities.