Chad Asks US to Cease Operations at Strategic Army Base
Katarina Höije | 04/20/2024 | 05:18(Bloomberg) -- 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.
Chad has alerted the US “to stop their activity at the base,” according to a letter to the US defense attaché seen by Bloomberg. The letter, signed by the air force chief of staff Idriss Amine Ahmed, was verified by a foreign ministry spokesman, who declined to comment further.
US broadcaster CNN on Thursday reported that Chad had asked US troops to leave the country, citing a separate letter sent to the US defense attaché.
“Chad hasn’t asked US forces to leave,” a US state department spokesman said. . .
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/chad-asks-us-troops-to-cease-operations-at-strategic-army-base/ar-AA1njrRO
First, Niger. Now Chad.