Around 100 troops left the Abeche base on Saturday, after equipment convoys departed Friday evening. The French army had ...

Chadian authorities were on Friday in full control of the Faya-Largeau base after ... agreed with Chad," said France’s military chief of staff. The 100 remaining French troops stationed in ...

“The ceremony for the retrocession of this base took place in the ... said they provided "no added value.” Chad was the last country to host French military units in Africa’s Sahel region ...

Around 100 troops left the Abéché base on Saturday, after equipment convoys departed Friday evening. The French army had around 1,000 personnel in Chad. Djamouss added that the 31 January ...

The phasing out of the French military existence in the Sahel ... In December, a 120-strong contingent had left from Faya base in northern Chad followed by 100 others from Abeche base today.

About 100 French troops left the Abeche base in Chad early Saturday as part of an agreement to withdraw its military forces, said Chadian authorities. “The General Staff of the Armed Forces ...

French troop withdrawal in West Africa signals the end of 'Françafrique' and shifts geopolitical dynamics with Russia and ...

Senegalese president Bassirou Diomaye Faye announced on 31 December 2024 that all foreign military bases in his country would close by 2025. On the same day, the Ivorian president said France would ...

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 ...