For a foreign correspondent in Mali, the assignment seemed like a dream: as Islamic extremists upended the region, Olivier ...

The handover of the last French military base in Chad and the Sahel marks a loss of influence for Paris and European ...

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

French forces have withdrawn from Chad after 65 years, although France maintains that military cooperation will continue.

Mathias Azonnoudo, a 50-year-old farmer in Benin, was taking a break sitting on a large pile of freshly picked cotton, which ...

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

STORY: French troops lowered their flag from a base in Chad on Friday, marking the end of France's military presence in the ...

It’s a new sunrise for a fully sovereign Chad, determined to take charge of its own destiny,' says Mahamat Idriss Deby - ...

Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have officially withdrawn from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), following months of tense relati ...

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

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