Union of Forces for Democracy and Development–Fundamental

The Union of Forces for Democracy and Development–Fundamental (UFDD–F) is one of the rebel groups fighting in the war in Chad.^[1] It is led by Abdelwahid Aboud Mackaye.^[2] The UFDD-F is essentially an Arab organization, which was formed as a dissident split from the UFDD following tensions and conflicts of interest between Arab militants and Tubu militants who dominated the organization.^[3]

Union of Forces for Democracy and Development–Fundamental
Union des Forces pour la Démocratie et le Développement – Fondamentale
Founders	Abdelwahid Aboud Mackaye Acheikh ibn Oumar Amine Ben Barka
Foundation	May 2007
Split from	UFDD
Group(s)	FIDEL CDR CPR
Ideology	Baggara Arabs interests Anti-Déby
Part of	UFR (from 2009)
Opponents	Chad