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Letter from Chad

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

The BBC's West Africa
Correspondent, Alexander Thomson , travels to
Beau Geste country and the 19th-century desert forts built by the French to subjugate the fractious tribes of this former colony. He finds that the forts are being repaired and that the French
Foreign Legion is back in force, this time to fight
Libyan-backed rebels in a long-running civil war. Producer ZAREER MASANI

Contributors

Unknown:
Alexander Thomson
Unknown:
Beau Geste
Producer:
Zareer Masani
Source: Radio Times

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