France handed over its last military base in Chad to local authorities on Thursday, two months after the former French colony in central Africa broke off its defense cooperation agreement with Paris.

Chad has been a key counterterrorism force in ... announced the departure of French troops from their countries, just as Paris was devising a new strategy that would sharply reduce its permanent ...

two months after the former French colony in central Africa broke off its defense cooperation agreement with Paris. Chad has been a key counterterrorism force in the region and was one of the last ...