- Aouzou Strip
The Aouzou Strip قطاع أوزو (alternatively, Aozou Strip) is a
strip of land in northernChad which lies along the border withLibya , extending south to a depth of about 100 kilometers into Chad'sBourkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Region .The frontier claimed by the Chadian government was based on a 1955 treaty between
France and Libya, which, in turn, referred back to an 1899 agreement betweenGreat Britain andFrance about "spheres of influence". Despite other differences, this was one position on which all Chadian political parties and factions were able to agree.Chadian forces were able to force the Libyans to retreat from the Aouzou Strip in 1987.A cease-fire between Chad and Libya held from 1987 to 1988, followed by unsuccessful negotiations over the next several years, leading finally to the 1994
International Court of Justice decision granting Chad sovereignty over the Aouzou strip, which ended Libyan occupation.See also
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Libya-Chad conflict External links
* [http://www.icj-cij.org/icjwww/icases/idt/idtframe.htm Judgement of the International Court of Justice, 13 February 1994]
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