African leaders announcing the closure of Frensh military bases send a clear sign that Africa is rejecting France’s policies ...

French soldiers take off in a Chadian Air Force helicopter in N'Djamena, February 2008. JEROME DELAY / AP On Thursday, January 30, amidst the usual bustle of boarding and deplaning at N'Djamena ...

The last French soldiers left the N'djamena military base this week, ahead of the January 31 deadline set by Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Deby. Speaking at a ceremony on Friday, he hailed the ...

N’DJAMENA, Chad — N'DJAMENA ... Those countries have moved closer to Moscow, with Russian mercenaries deployed across the Sahel, the vast expanse below the Sahara desert.

Those countries have moved closer to Moscow, with Russian mercenaries deployed across ... to local authorities of the Sergent Adji Kossei air base in Chad’s capital, N’Djamena. France had already ...

FILE - French troops watch a Chadian air force helicopter take off from N'Djamena, Chad, Wednesday Feb. 6, 2008. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File) ...

N’DJAMENA, Chad (AP ... 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 ...

N’DJAMENA – N’France handed over its last ... Those countries have moved closer to Moscow, with Russian mercenaries deployed across the Sahel, the vast expanse below the Sahara desert.