2021 Northern Chad offensive

Northern Chad offensive
	Part of the insurgency in Northern Chad
	; Tibesti Region in northern Chad, where clashes began
Date	11 April – 9 May 2021 ; (4 weeks)
Location	Tibesti Region and Kanem Region, Chad
Result	Chadian military victory The military of Chad retakes positions; Chadian president Idriss Déby is killed in action TMC established under the leadership of Mahamat Déby; ;
Belligerents
Chad; Supported by:; France (alleged by rebels); Niger	Front for Change and Concord in Chad; Military Command Council for the Salvation of the Republic
Commanders and leaders
Idriss Déby †; Mahamat Déby; Gen. Abakar Abdelkerim Daoud	Mahamat Mahdi Ali (FACT); Rachid Mahamat Tahir
Casualties and losses
Commander killed; 11 soldiers killed; 58 soldiers wounded (Chadian government figures); 1 helicopter destroyed	540 fighters killed; 210 fighters captured (Chadian government figures)
	6 civilians killed during protests

The Northern Chad offensive was a military offensive in Northern Chad, initiated by the Chadian rebel group Front for Change and Concord in Chad (FACT), took place from 11 April to 9 May 2021. It began in the Tibesti Region in the north of the country following the 2021 Chadian presidential election.

Chadian President Idriss Déby was injured during the offensive on 19 April 2021 and died the next day, and his son Mahamat Déby became acting President of Chad on the same day. A special presidential election was expected in 2022, but was not held until 2024. The offensive ended in a Chadian military victory, though clashes continued in the country's north.