Last week, France started the pullout from Niger following the overthrow in July of president Mohamed Bazoum, a key ally of Paris in the region, which threw French strategy for the Sahel into disarray.
PARIS - The first French road convoy containing troops withdrawing from Niger following the overthrow of its president has arrived in neighbouring Chad, the French military said on Thursday.
The troops will from there depart by air back to France. Gaudilliere said the road journey had taken place in coordination with Nigerien forces. Roughly 1,400 soldiers were based in the capital Niamey and western Niger to battle fighters linked to the Islamic State group and Al-Qaeda, bringing with them fighter jets, drones, helicopters and armoured vehicles -- as well as the equipment to support them.
Chad's capital N'Djamena is the site of France's military headquarters for the whole Sahel region, with around 1,000 troops deployed there.
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