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Chad and Algeria signed 34 cooperation agreements during President Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno’s state visit to Algiers, expanding bilateral ties across energy, security, education and infrastructure.

The deals mark one of the largest cooperation packages signed between the two countries in recent years.

President Deby and Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune oversaw the signing ceremony at the presidential palace in Algiers.

“We have signed major agreements built around four strategic pillars: knowledge, resource transformation, economic integration and security,” Mahamat Deby said.

The agreements include projects in hydrocarbons, mining, renewable energy, pharmaceutical production and public administration modernization.

Both countries also signed a security accord aimed at strengthening cooperation against terrorism in the Sahel-Saharan region.

In addition, the two sides expanded air transport cooperation, building on the Algiers–N’Djamena route launched by Air Algérie in October 2025.

Tebboune said stronger bilateral cooperation would help address shared regional security and development challenges.

The visit also included meetings between Déby and senior Algerian officials before the Chadian president concluded his trip.

Adapted from original reporting by Cheik Souleyman, MRTV French Service

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.