France has handed over its first military base as part of the withdrawal of its military forces from Chad, the French and Chadian militaries say. Chad’s chief of military staff on Thursday said ...

Since the independence of the former French colony in 1960, France had almost continuously stationed military aircraft in Chad, which were used not only for training purposes but also to defend ...

France has had a military presence in Chad, a former colony, since the 1960s. The soldiers had a dual function, according to Bancel: to preserve a form of internal political stability in Chad, which ...