Chadians who worked for now-departed French troops appeal to government for jobs 

FILE - French soldiers stand in line as they board a military plane following their departure from Abeche military base as part of an on ongoing withdrawal of French Forces in Abeche on Jan. 11, 2025.

More than 400 civilians rendered jobless by the departure of French troops from Chad are asking the government to hire them and provide the job benefits they had when they worked for the French. The last French troops left Chad on January 31, following an order by President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno.