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Vol 66 No 5

Published 7th March 2025


Chad

French troops bid a hasty adieu

The departure ends an era amid mounting challenges to President Mahamat with a deepening social crisis and overspill from Sudan’s war

On 31 January, a quiet ceremony took place at the Sergeant Adji Kossei air base in Ndjamena to mark the complete departure of all French troops from Chad, after nearly six decades of presence under different names and mandates. The lack of public reaction in Chad and France was puzzling. In France, attention was focused on whether the new prime minister could pass a long-awaited budget by persuading the Socialist Party not to participate in a vote of no confidence. In Ndjamena, a failed attempt the week before to gather a large crowd to celebrate complete independence went largely unnoticed.

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