The handover of the last French military base in Chad and the Sahel marks a loss of influence for Paris and European ...

In November 2024, Chad announced the end of its security and defense cooperation agreement with France. On Dec 10, some ...

France officially ended its decades-long military presence in Chad, its last stronghold in the West African region. The shift ...

President Mahamat Idriss Deby on Friday welcomed the "definitive and complete departure" of French forces from Chad which ...

About 100 French troops left the Abeche base in Chad early Saturday as part of an agreement to withdraw its military forces, said Chadian authorities. “The General Staff of the Armed Forces ...

At the end of November, Chad announced that it will end its defense agreement with France, its former colonial ruler. French troops must leave the country by 31 January. The Chadian military ...

Chad's government has reiterated its order for French troops to withdraw from the central African country before the end of this month, following remarks by French President Emmanuel Macron that ...

Senegal, Chad and Ivory Coast last month announced the departure of French troops just as Paris was devising a new strategy that would sharply reduce its permanent troop presence in Africa.