Two months after Chad severed its defence agreement with Paris, the French army has handed over its last military base in the country, the Kossei base, in N'Djamena. Though it was Chad who ...

Senegalese president Bassirou Diomaye Faye announced on 31 December 2024 that all foreign military bases in his country would ...

The Nigerien rebels, in turn, demanded the withdrawal of French troops the following month. Niamey, the capital of Niger, hosts a large French air base, housing a contingent of about 1,500 servicemen.

France flies out 2 Mirage fighter jets from Chad to signal beginning of military withdrawal - The French military says it has flown out the two Mirage fighter jets it had stationed in Chad ...

A Sudanese general said Chad's airports were legitimate targets ... armed with knives tried to enter the presidential palace. The French president said Sahel nations owed their sovereignty to ...