The decision by Chad is another blow to what remained of France’s military influence in the troubled stretch of countries below the Sahara, where Russia’s influence has been growing.

Chad has ended its defence cooperation pact with France - a move that could see French troops leave the country as the former colonial power's influence across the Sahel collapses.

France, Chad's former colonial ruler, had signed a revised version of the military and security agreement in 2019. Chad is just the latest nation in Central and West Africa to sev

Chad has ended defence cooperation agreement with France. The move will require around 1,000 French troops and warplanes to leave the nation in the Sahel region. The Central African nation's foreign minister said the country's former colonial power needs to understand that Chad has grown up and matured.

Chad is the latest country in the troubled Sahel region to break with its former colonial power, a move that will likely result in the exit of some 1,000 French troops.

The decision represents growing anti-French sentiment in Chad and the Sahel region, where France has been effectively expelled from several former colonies.View on euronews

Chad canceled an agreement that allows French troops to operate in the central African nation, one of the few remaining countries that western military forces have used to fight Islamist insurgents in the Sahel region.

Chad is a key partner in the West's fight against Islamist militants in the West African Sahel region. But prior to the presidential election in May, Chad's authorities ordered the withdrawal of US troops from the country,

Likely withdrawal of troops marks further retrenchment of French role in fighting Islamist insurgents in Sahel