The Djiboutian Civil War (also known as the Afar Insurgency) was a conflict in Djibouti between the People's Rally for Progress (RPP) government (predominantly Ciise in ethnicity) and the predominantly Afar rebel group, the Front for the Restoration of Unity and Democracy (FRUD). This civil war broke out in 1991 as a reaction to the lack of Afar presence in the government (despite being the second largest ethnic group in Djibouti at 35% behind Somali groups like the Cisse who comprise about 60%). FRUD signed a peace accord with the government in December 1994, ending the conflict. Two FRUD members were made cabinet members, and in the presidential elections of 1999 the FRUD campaigned in support of the RPP. The Peoples Rally for Progress (French: Rassemblement populaire pour le Progrès, RPP) is a governing political party in Djibouti. ... The Issa ( Somali: Ciise ) are a Somali clan, a sub-clan of the Dir. ... Afar (or Danakil) are a tribal people who reside principally in the Danakil Desert in the Afar Region of Ethiopia and in Eritrea and Djibouti. ... Politics of Djibouti Categories: Politics stubs | Substubs | Djibouti political parties ... A civil war is a war in which parties within the same culture, society or nationality fight against each other for the control of political power. ...
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