France hands over last army base in Chad

Two months after Chad severed its defence agreement with Paris, the French army has handed over its last military base in the country, the Kossei base, in N’Djamena.

Though it was Chad who announced the end of the defence pact, the head of the French Armed Forces’ Africa Command stated that the handover was partly France’s decision.

Pascal Ianni, head of French Armed Forces’ Africa Command, said, “The transfer of the (Adji) Kossei…