Chad's President Field Marshal Mahamat Idriss Deby says this week’s departure of the last French troops from the central ...

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

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

The French army has handed over its last base in Chad in a military ceremony in the capital N'Djamena, the general staffs of ...

N'DJAMENA, Jan 31, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - President Mahamat Idriss Deby on Friday welcomed the "definitive and complete departure" of French forces from Chad which marks the end of France's last foothold in ...

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 ...

French forces have withdrawn from Chad after 65 years, although France maintains that military cooperation will continue.

French troops completed their withdrawal from Chad this week before a January 31 deadline, the latest blow to France’s ...

Two months after Chad severed its defence agreement with Paris, the French army has handed over its last military base in the country. It comes after Paris handed over its two other bases in the ...

On December 31, 2024, Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno announced the definitive withdrawal of French troops from the country by January 31, Xinhua news agency reported.

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

Sudan's war is causing untold misery and threatening to spill over into the neighbourhood. In this excerpt from the Watch List 2025, Crisis Group explores how the EU and its member states can assist ...