Chad’s President has set January 31st as the deadline for the complete withdrawal of french troops from the country. In November Djamena gave the soldiers just 6 weeks to leave after abrubtly ending the military cooperation between the nations. Some Chadian are worried about how the exit of French troops will impact the pushback to a regional security crisis. The issue was a key concern of voters in the weekend’s election. Harold Girard and Ghislain Allahtaroum has more.
