France receives its last military bases in Chad, putting an end to a historical presence in the country in the African Sahel region.

Today, Thursday, the French army handed over its last military base in Chad to its counterpart in the African country, as announced by the two army corners of the two countries after a military ceremony that put an end to a historic presence of Paris on the coast of the continent.

Central in Central Africa suddenly ended its military cooperation with its former colonizer, and the French soldiers began to leave this country in late December.

The Chadian Army Chief of Staff, in a statement released on the eve of an official ceremony taking place on Friday, stated that "the handover of the Adj Kossi base in Najamina is a final end to the French presence in Chad, according to the will of the higher authorities" in Najamina.

In Paris, a spokesman for the Chief of Staff of the French Armed Forces said that "today the Kossi camp was handed over to the Chadian army."

The French forces withdrew from the Faya Largo base in North Chad on December 26, and from a second base in Abyshi on January 11th.

The Chadian authorities announced during the delivery ceremony in Abishi that the withdrawal from Chad was "negotiable."

Chadian President Mohamed Idris Deby Inno, who has been in power since 2021, considered that military agreements with France are "outdated" given the "current political and strategic facts".

France soldiers and aircraft from France are stationed in Chad almost continuously since the independence of this country in 1960 to help training the Chadian army.

During the years 2022 and 2023, four other French colonies requested a previous precedent: Niger, Mali and the Central African Republic and Burkina Faso, from Paris withdrawing their army from their lands, and those countries converged with Russia.

The last pivot point in the coast

Chad, one of the poorest countries in the world, was the last focal point for France in the Sahel region.

Paris publishes in this country up to 5,000 soldiers as part of the Burkhan operation to combat terrorists, which ended in late November 2022.

French President Emmanuel Macron angered France's allies in his speech on the occasion of the new year in front of the diplomats, as he expressed his regret that the African countries “forgot to say thank you” for the deployment of France over the holding of forces to fight terrorism.

Senegal is also negotiating with the withdrawal of French forces by the end of 2025.

At the same time, the military presence of Paris is reduced in Cote d'Ivoire and Gabon, in line with a plan to restructure the French presence in West and Central Africa.

A French base is being developed in Djibouti that receives 1500 soldiers, as a starting point for future tasks in Africa after the forced withdrawal from the Sahel region