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OIC reaffirms support for Chad’s development vision

November 12, 2025

Chad’s drive for transformation gained further backing this week. President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno met with Hissein Brahim Taha, Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), as part of ongoing talks with global partners supporting “Chad Connection 2030.”

Leading a delegation, Mr. Taha reaffirmed the OIC’s commitment to assist Chad in implementing its ambitious National Development Plan. The OIC, the world’s second-largest intergovernmental body after the UN, has been led since 2021 by Mr. Taha — a Chadian national working to strengthen solidarity across the Muslim world.

At the forefront of this cooperation stands the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), which recently announced USD 650 million in funding and USD 200 million in guarantees to boost investment and trade. Mr. Taha said all OIC institutions will engage in supporting Chad’s priorities in infrastructure, education, health, and poverty reduction.

He also praised President Deby for the success of the Abu Dhabi roundtable, calling it “an exemplary initiative placing Chad at the heart of new partnerships between the Arab world and Africa.”

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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