Explore 1 historical events and records for Chad in 1980.
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Under Habre the secret police allegedly kill tens of thousands of people and torture as many as 200,000. Hissene Habre deposes PM Goukouni Oueddei and becomes dictator of Chad until 1990. Habre receives US support because he opposes Libyan leader Moammar Khadafy
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