But President Faye also insists that the permanent French military presence in his country must come to an end On the evening of 28 November hours after French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot had wound up a visit to Ndjamena Chad's President Mahamat Idris Déby Itno ‘Kaka' announced that his government was cancelling its defence accord with France...

New foreign minister Jean-Noël Barrot a Europe specialist from the centrist MoDem party who has seen his schedule over the first few weeks in post dominated by the Middle East and Ukraine is also a presidential ally...