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President of the Republic of Chad receives OACPS Secretary General at Toumaï palace

June 24, 2026

By Aisha DUWAI ALI

N’DJAMENA, June 24, 2026 — President of the Republic and Head of State, Marshal Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, received OACPS Secretary General Moussa Saleh Batraki at the Toumaï Palace this morning.

Batarki, a Chadian national, has led the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States for one year. Marking the end of his first year in the five-year, non-renewable post, he presented an assessment of his mandate to the President.

The talks reviewed key actions taken over the past year in line with guidance Batraki received from President of the Republic upon assuming office. They also covered priorities and outlook for the remaining four years of his term.

Central to the meeting was the OACPS reform agenda — a modernization and restructuring drive mandated by member state leaders at the last Summit of Heads of State in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea.

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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