France hands over last base in Chad
French President Emmanuel Macron’s recent remarks about African countries’ "ingratitude" for France’s role in ...
The declaration caught Paris off guard. But Chad's President Mahamat Idriss Déby was quick to emphasise the move did not mean severing ties. "The decision in no way constitutes a rejection of ...
Chad has said it is terminating a key defence cooperation agreement with France, raising questions about Paris’s waning influence in Africa's embattled Sahel region. Chadian Foreign Minister ...
Paris has “often contributed to destabilizing certain African countries like Libya with disastrous consequences noted on the stability and security of the Sahel,” he added. Chad Foreign ...
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.
In response, Deby said that Chad is not benefiting much from military agreements with Paris and that the order for French troops to leave was irreversible and nonnegotiable. Government officials ...
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Abéché (Chad) (AFP) – France on Saturday handed over its second army base in Chad as part of an agreement with the country's authorities to withdraw its military forces. The central African ...