Chad's President Field Marshal Mahamat Idriss Deby says this week’s departure of the last French troops from the central African state signals a new dawn for Chad

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

France has handed over its final military post in Chad to local authorities, two months after the former French colony in central Africa terminated its defense cooperation deal with Paris. Chad has been a vital counterterrorism force in the region, and it was one of the last nations in which France maintained a significant military presence.

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

France officially ended its decades-long military presence in Chad, its last stronghold in the West African region. The shift is part of a larger movement to push France out of the area.

President Mahamat Idriss Deby on Friday welcomed the "definitive and complete departure" of French forces from Chad which marks the end of France's last foothold in the wider jihadist-hit Sahel region.

N'Djamena is strengthening its diplomatic presence in Paris by changing its ambassador. In the past few weeks, Foreign Minister Mahamat Saleh Annadif put forward the name of Ahmad Makaila, the current Chadian representative in Geneva, to Paris. Chadian ...

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