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Authorities condemn new airstrikes near Sudan border

August 23, 2026
Djinodji Solmengar

The Army’s General Staff says aircraft and drones, believed to belong to Sudanese forces or their supporters, carried out airstrikes on Thursday, August 20, more than 100 kilometres inside Chadian territory.

The strikes reportedly targeted a column of vehicles near the border with Sudan.

The National Assembly condemned the incident as a violation of Chad’s territorial integrity and called on the parties to Sudan’s conflict to respect the border and pursue dialogue.

The parliament also urged the population to remain vigilant and maintain national unity.

Djinodji Solmengar

Djinodji Solmengar

Djinodji Solmengar Rodrigue is a journalist with MRTV English, Chad’s first English-language media outlet, where he led English-language news coverage at its launch. Based in N’Djamena, his reporting explores political, economic, and social developments, with particular attention to everyday realities, informal sectors, and cultural life. His work also extends to football and broader societal issues, approached through field reporting and in-depth storytelling. Beyond reporting, Djinodji regularly conducts interviews focused on education, including the teaching of English in Chad, as well as conversations (with AFROTRONIX, to name a few) on culture and music. He is also active as an English–French interpreter, working alongside international media professionals. In this capacity, he recently supported and interpreted for a delegation of foreign journalists, including BBC representatives, during the PND Chad Connexion 2030 mission. Alongside his professional practice, Djinodji is pursuing a PhD, with research centered on the presence of China and Russia in Africa as portrayed in selected Commonwealth online media. His academic interests lie at the intersection of media, geopolitics, and discourse analysis. Earlier in his career, he taught English and authored a Master’s thesis examining the contextualization of English language teaching in Chad, reflecting a sustained engagement with educational challenges and policy.

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