Afar Front for the Restoration of Unity and Democracy
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The Afar Front for the Restoration of Unity and Democracy (FRUD) was a political party in Djibouti that took up arms against the Issa-dominated government in late 1991, leading to a civil war. This conflict arose from simmering ethnic tensions within the country. By mid-1992, FRUD forces controlled a significant portion of Djibouti's rural areas. Internal leadership disputes caused FRUD to split in 1994, and a power-sharing agreement with the government largely ended the conflict that year, though a final peace accord was not signed until 2001. Some FRUD leaders joined the government as ministers, and the party was legalized in 1996. Djibouti's main ethnic groups are the Somali and the Afar.12
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