In August 1960 Chad, in Central Africa, became independent from which country?
History of Chad fall in February 1959 the opposition leaders Gontchome Sahoulba and Ahmed Koulamallah could not form a stable government, so the PPT was again asked to form an administration - which it did under the leadership of François Tombalbaye on 26 March 1959. On 12 July 1960 France agreed to Chad becoming fully independent. On 11 August 1960, Chad became an independent country and François Tombalbaye became its first president. One of the most prominent aspects of Tombalbaye's rule to prove itself was his authoritarianism and distrust of democracy. Already in January 1962 he banned all political parties except his own
Association of Baptist Churches of Chad 1960, both Chad and the Republic of Central Africa became independent states. In 1963 "Baptist Mid-Missions" (the name adopted by the "General Council of Cooperating Baptists of North America" in 1953) separated the two fields of labor, and the "Association of Baptist Churches" was formed. By the early 1970s, Baptist churches in Chad numbered in the hundreds. But in 1973, these churches suffered a severe setback. The government attempted to enforce tribal initiation rites. The Baptists resisted. Churches were closed, believers were persecuted, 13 Chadian pastors were executed, and missionaries were expelled from the country. Medical personnel were allowed to