“At midday, 120 French soldiers took off from the military airport of N’Djamena on board an Airbus ... Itno has also sought closer ties with Moscow in recent months but talks to strengthen ...

N’DJAMENA, Chad (AP ... Those countries have moved closer to Moscow, with Russian mercenaries deployed across the Sahel, the vast expanse below the Sahara desert. In a statement on Thursday ...

Kosseï camp in the capital N'Djamena was also the last of its bases in the Sahel, which were themselves a legacy of France's domination of the region as the main colonial power there. On Friday ...