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 ...

Chad said on Thursday that it was ending its ... with France like Niger or elsewhere," Koulamallah told AFP. The former colony said that the country wanted to fully assert its sovereignty after ...