From Chad News Today

Despite the efforts and investments made in recent years, access to electricity remains a challenge for the countries of Central Africa. From Chad to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Central African Republic (CAR), countries are stepping up initiatives to overcome this energy poverty.

The last French troops are to withdraw from Niger on Friday, marking an end to more than a decade of French operations in west Africa's Sahel region.The French exit from Niger leaves hundreds of US military personnel, and a number of Italian and German troops, remaining in the country.France said it would pull out its roughly 1,500 soldiers and pilots from Niger after the former French colony's new ruling generals demanded they depart following the coup on July 26, AFP said.It was the ...