Chad Asks US to Cease Operations at Strategic Army Base
- Move comes after Niger ended security agreement with the US
- Chad’s a key US ally against jihadists and Russian influence
Chad’s request comes just ahead of a presidential election.
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Chad called on the US to withdraw its troops from an army base in the central African country that’s one of the West’s few remaining outposts to fight a roiling jihadist insurgency in the region.
The move comes a month after Niger — another key Western ally in the region — suspended its security agreement with the US, amid a series of coups that have seen military-ruled governments in the Sahel forge closer ties with Russia while cutting those with the West.