N’DJAMENA, Chad (AP) — France handed over its last military base in Chad to local authorities on Thursday, two months after the former French colony in central Africa broke off its defense cooperation agreement with Paris.

Carol Valade/AFP/Getty Images Ivory Coast and Chad are the latest in a string of former French ... Issouf Sanogo/AFP/Getty Images Moscow is also a sought-after partner by non-French former colonies such as Equatorial Guinea, which hosts an estimated ...

Renovations of a disused Libyan airbase by Russian forces could point to Moscow's increasing attempts to assert power in Africa.

Ivory Coast and Chad are the latest in a string of former ... their Western ex-partners for a swift return to civilian rule. Moscow is also a sought-after partner by non-French former colonies ...

Ivory Coast and Chad are the latest in a string of former French colonies ... ignoring calls from their Western ex-partners for a swift return to civilian rule. Moscow is also a sought-after partner by non-French former colonies such as Equatorial Guinea ...

ASOTIN — A 76-year-old Clarkston man is being held in the Asotin County Jail without bond on a first-degree murder charge. David E. Boyd made his first court appearance Wednesday afternoon for a bond hearing and will be arraigned Monday for allegedly shooting and killing Chad VanScotter, 53, Tuesday night on the 1200 block of Ash Street.

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France handed over its last military base in Chad to local authorities as African nations have grown closer to Moscow.

President Donald Trump is in the fifth day of his second term in office, striving to remake the traditional boundaries of Washington by asserting unprecedented executive power .

A new school textbook in Russia is teaching children that Moscow was “forced” to invade Ukraine as it likens the conflict to the Soviet Union’s battle against Nazi Germany in World War II.

In Moscow, the Ministry of Defence said Russian air defences repelled a massive Ukrainian drone attack overnight, intercepting and destroying 121 drones targeting 13 regions, including the capital.

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