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Chad and Nigeria to revive Joint Commission after 17-Year gap

July 29, 2026

By Djinodji SOLMENGAR Rodrigue

N’Djamena, Chad — Chad and Nigeria have agreed to relaunch their Joint Commission on Bilateral Cooperation. The body hasn’t met in over 17 years, Chad’s Foreign Ministry announced Wednesday.

The agreement came out of a meeting between Foreign Minister Dr. Abdoulaye Sabre Fadoul and Nigeria’s new ambassador to Chad, Musa Abubakar Musa. The ambassador presented copies of his credentials ahead of a formal ceremony with the Chadian president.

The Joint Commission last met in 2009. Its revival should give both countries a proper forum to work through shared priorities. It should also breathe new life into a partnership that has cooled in recent years.

Security and trade dominated the conversation between the two officials. Both sides pointed to security as a precondition for development. They agreed to deepen cooperation against terrorism and other cross-border threats in the Lake Chad Basin. On the economic front, they discussed ways to boost trade and investment between the two countries.

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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