On Friday, 120 French troopers boarded a airplane at N’Djamena airport, marking a key step within the withdrawal course of.
The French army stated in an announcement, “At noon, 120 French troopers took off from the army airport of N’Djamena on board an Airbus A330 Phoenix MRTT, headed for France.”
The departure was overseen by Chadian army officers. France nonetheless has about 1,000 troops in Chad, and the complete withdrawal is anticipated to take a number of weeks.
Chad introduced on November 28 that it might finish the defence pact with France, which dates again to its independence in 1960.
This choice follows related actions by different Sahel nations, together with Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, the place French troops have additionally been requested to go away in recent times.
