After a final round of "Les Marseillaise," the French flag was lowered to make way ... This departure of French troops from Chad, combined with a similar move in Senegal and a sharp reduction ...

President Mahamat Idriss Deby on Friday welcomed the "definitive and complete departure" of French forces from Chad which ...

STORY: French troops lowered their flag from a base in Chad on Friday, marking the end of France's military presence in the central African nation after nearly 70 years. The last French soldiers left ...