(SomaliNet) ChadÂ’s President, Idriss Deby, has held a reconciliation meeting with Mahamat Nour Abdelkerim, a former rebel leader. Nour led the United Front for Democratic Change (FUC) against ChadÂ’s government forces in ChadÂ’s capital in April, shortly before presidential elections. He spent one hour with Deby. "President Idriss Deby and Mahamat Nour exchanged views on the possibilities of Captain Mahamat Nour returning to the fold," an anonymous official told Reuters. Rebel groups fighting ChadÂ’s government are yet to comment about the Nour-Deby meeting. FUC is suffering from internal wrangles and is losing its grip over ChadÂ’s government. "The FUC rebel chief (Nour) has distanced himself from the unified command (of the other rebel groups), which is today defeated and whose power to strike is completely reduced," the official said.
ChadÂ’s government and rebels are fighting in eastern Chad. While ChadÂ’s government says that it has managed to push the rebel groups off ChadÂ’s soils, the rebels have vehemently denied it.