Sovereignty over Western Sahara, a mostly desert territory on the west coast of Africa, is heavily contested. Morocco controls more than three-quarters of the region, which Rabat refers to as the ...
France flew out the two Mirage fighter jets it had stationed in Chad on Tuesday ... the vast expanse below the Sahara Desert. Chadian authorities didn't specify when French troops must leave ...
Those countries have inched closer to Russia, which has mercenaries deployed across the Sahel, the vast expanse below the Sahara desert. France has maintained about 1,000 troops in Chad.