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Chad, France
Le Drian and Deby increasingly close

France's Operation Barkhane, which is based in Chad, has placed the Sahelian country's President Idriss Deby centre stage. He and French defence minister Jean-Yves Le Drian are on the friendliest of terms these days. [...]

Published on 07/01/2015 at 22:01 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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