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

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

Chad’s authorities demanded that France withdraw all its troops from the country’s territory by January 31, 2025 ...

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

N’DJAMENA, Chad (AP) — France handed over its last military base in Chad to local authorities on Thursday, two months after the former French colony in central Africa broke off its defense cooperation ...

Traditional rulers in the four countries met in Maiduguri, resolved to partner with various governments in the region to ...

(Nairobi) – Governments in Central Africa suppressed civil and political rights, especially in the context of elections, with impunity in 2024, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report ...

Several former French colonies, including Niger, Mali, Senegal ... Mohamed, who works at the military base in N'Djamena, said: "This is a shock for us. We have built our lives here, and now ...

The last stage of the French departure is the withdrawal from the Sergeant Adji Kossei base in the national capital of N'djamena ... Burkina Faso and Niger. In recent years, France and its ...

When asked if the attack was terrorism, he said it was probably not, as the attackers were local youths from the capital, N’Djamena ... including Cameroon, Niger and Chad.

The severing of military ties with France echoes moves by Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso, which all kicked out French troops and fostered closer ties with Russia after a string of coups in West ...

The West African country has been facing terrorist attacks since the end of 2021, primarily attributed to jihadist groups operating along its borders with Burkina Faso and Niger. In response to these ...