N’DJAMENA, Chad (AP) — France handed over its last military base in Chad to local authorities on Thursday, two months after ...

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

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

Those countries have moved closer to Moscow, with Russian mercenaries deployed across the Sahel, the vast expanse below the Sahara desert. In a statement on Thursday, Chad's army announced the ...

Chad must build an "even stronger ... helping to train the Chadian military. The largely desert country had been a key link in France's military presence in Africa and its last foothold in ...

A 50-year-old West Africa regional bloc is facing significant challenges after three junta-led countries — Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso — formally left the group, known as ECOWAS.

Africa as a whole is often featured ... live in the capital and the largest city, N'Djamena. Chad has several regions, with the Sahara desert in the north, an arid zone in the centre known ...