Chad has three climate zones. From May to November the weather is wet. From September to April is the dry season. In the central region which has a longer dry season and a brief wet season between June and September.The northern region has a desert climate with extremely hot weather and is almost rainless.
In 1960 Chad gained independence and in 1962 the government headed by Francois Tombalbaye got rid of all their rivals and established a single party state. In 1966 a group of northerners who were mostly Muslims formed a rebel organization called the Chad National Liberation Front. In the mid 1960's the civil war broke out between the Chad National Liberation Front and the government troops. In 1971 the Chad National Liberation Front began to receive military supplies from Libya while the Libyan President wanted to make Chad part of Libya. In 1973 Libyan forces took over a region called the Aozou Strip and also Chad's northern border. In 1978 the fighting continued until the rebels, with French support, gained control of almost half the Chadian army. In 1982 Habre, the former Defense Minister, became Prime Minister and requested the Libyan troops to revoke. In 1986 the French sent troops to remove the Libyan troops from the occupied northern part of Chad and forced them from Chad except the Aozou Strip. Then the two countries decided to sign a truce.
