Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi meets his Chadian counterpart Abderaman Koulamallah during his tour of the African continent. "You have arrived at a time when Chad has decided to free itself from the tutelage of foreign forces on its territory and to turn resolutely towards development," says the head of Chadian diplomacy. At the end of November, Chad, which until then had been Paris's last foothold in the Sahel, terminated its defence and security agreements with the former colonial power. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES