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Chad yesterday announced a full withdrawal of French troops from the Central African country.

“The three bases of French elements in Chad have all been handed over to the Chadian National Army.

“The very last one has just been handed over today.

“The handover of the Sergent Adji Kossei Base in N’djamena definitively closes the presence of French forces in Chad,’’ Chadian Army spokesman, Chanane Issakha Acheikh, said in a statement.

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In November 2024, Chad announced the end of the security and defence cooperation agreement with France.

On Dec. 10, same year, some French troops began to leave Chad.

On Dec. 31, 2024, Chadian President, Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, announced the definitive withdrawal of French troops from the country by Friday.

French troops will soon begin departing from Ivory Coast, the West African country’s President Alassane Ouattara announced in his New Year address.

“We have decided on a coordinated and organised withdrawal of French troops,” said Ouattara in the televised speech. The departure will begin in January, according to the president, who also referred to the modernisation of the Ivorian army.

The location of the French naval infantry battalion in Port Bouet would, therefore, be handed over to the country’s own forces, he said.

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Around 600 French soldiers are currently stationed in Ivory Coast.

Several West African states, including Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, had previously called on France to withdraw its troops.

France maintained a military presence in countries in the region even after the end of its colonial rule, being most recently involved in the fight against Islamist extremists.

When the French troops leave the Ivory Coast, the only