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

French forces have withdrawn from Chad after 65 years, although France maintains that military cooperation will continue.

The French army has handed over its last base in Chad ... colonial ruler, and French troops began leaving the country in late December. Thursday's handover of the Kossei base marks the end of ...

France has finally ended its 60-year military presence in Chad by closing its last military ... France's domination of the region as the main colonial power there. On Friday the last of nearly ...

French forces have withdrawn from Chad after 65 years, although France maintains ... "We are not breaking off our relationship with France but we are ending the military dimension of this cooperation, ...

The former colonies of the French regime such as Gabon, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Benin, Togo, Burkina Faso, Congo-Brazzaville, Ivory Coast, Chad, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, ...

Abéché (Chad) (AFP) – France on Saturday handed over its second ... abruptly ended military cooperation with its former colonial ruler, and French troops began leaving the country in late ...

N’DJAMENA, Chad — 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 ...

(Ian Langsdon, Pool via AP) MARSEILLE, France (CN) — France’s decades-long military presence in the Sahel is officially over. France handed over its last base in Chad Thursday after President Mahamat ...

France has officially handed ... The withdrawal follows Chad’s abrupt decision in November to end military cooperation with its former colonial ruler. French troops began leaving the country ...