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    • The solar plants are expected to generate 61 gigawatt-hours of clean, reliable, and affordable energy each year responding to Chad’s energy deficit
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Chad: New EUR 28 million African Development Bank-funded solar project to boost Chad's energy access

The solar plants are expected to generate 61 gigawatt-hours of clean, reliable, and affordable energy each year responding to Chad’s energy deficit

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) has approved funding worth EUR 28 million to build solar power plants in Gassi and Lamadji, Chad. This is part of the Bank's Desert to Power program to increase energy access across Africa. The funding includes EUR 20 million…

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    • The African Development Bank is contributing to improving Cameroon’s road network to neighbouring Chad to ensure real integration in Central Africa
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Cameroon: a loan of EUR 330 million from the African Development Bank to improve the performance of the Douala-Ndjamena economic corridor

The funds, EUR 318.24 million and EUR 12.24 million, are for the implementation of the fourth phase of the Transport Sector Support Program

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) this week approved two loans to Cameroon designed to radically improve transport links with neighbouring Chad with major economic benefits to both countries. The funds, EUR 318.24 million and EUR 12.24 million, are for the implementation of the fourth…

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The OPEC Fund for International Development (OPEC Fund) approves close to US$1 billion in new development financing

These projects will benefit countries across the globe and aim to bolster infrastructure, food security, renewable energy, economic resilience and governance in partner countries

The OPEC Fund for International Development (OPEC Fund) (www.OPECFund.org) has approved close to US$1 billion in new development financing over the last quarter of 2024, including during its 190th Governing Board meeting in Vienna today. These projects will benefit countries across the globe and aim to bolster infrastructure, food security,…

Amnesty International
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Chad: Authorities must release acquitted relatives of killed opposition leader and ensure fair trial rights for those sentenced

All 24 individuals are relatives of Socialist Party without Borders (PSF) president Yaya Dillo Djerou and were detained after the military assault on PSF’s N’Djamena headquarters

The Chadian authorities must immediately release 10 relatives of killed opposition leader Yaya Dillo Djerou who are still detained in Koro Toro maximum security prison, despite their acquittal in July of charges following an attack by security forces on the headquarters of Djerou’s political party in February, Amnesty International said…

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    • The bridge over the Logone River, built with the support of the African Development Bank Group and other partners, links two peoples and strengthens African integration
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The bridge over the Logone River: a great leap forward for millions of people in Central Africa

The bridge, which has taken five years to complete, puts an end to the dangers and limitations of old means of transport, opening a new era for cross-border trade

Like thousands of people living along the Logone River, Pierre Fissou, a teaching adviser in the Mayo Danay departmental delegation for basic education in the town of Yagoua (Cameroon), knows the perils of crossing from one side to the other of the natural boundary.   “I often go to the other…

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Chad: African Development Fund Provides €44 Million for Road Connecting Eastern and Southern Regions

As a landlocked country in Central Africa, Chad is a long distance from the sea, and the new road will help to reduce the very high transport costs along the major regional corridors

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) approved grants worth €44.16 million to Chad  on 22 November 2024 to construct the roughly 50 km Kyabé-Mayo section of the road between Kyabé and Singako. a distance of 49.5 km, combined with the construction of a 55-metre bridge. The funding…

United Nations (UN)
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Secretary-General Appoints Hélène N’Garnim-Ganga of Chad United Nations Resident Coordinator in Côte d’Ivoire

Ms. N’Garnim-Ganga brings more than 30 years of experience in development with a focus on institutional, operations, programme development and coordination

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Hélène N’Garnim-Ganga of Chad as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Côte d’Ivoire, with the host Government’s approval, on 24 November. Ms. N’Garnim-Ganga brings more than 30 years of experience in development with a focus on institutional, operations, programme development and coordination. She most recently served…

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The United Kingdom (UK) doubles aid for Sudan and neighbouring countries facing the worst humanitarian crisis of the decade

The UK has announced an aid package for Sudan and neighbouring countries

UK announces a major aid increase of £113 million for people in Sudan and those who have fled to neighbouring countries Foreign Secretary will call for the Adre border crossing to remain open indefinitely and for immediate action to end the violence Draft UN Security Council resolution introduced to push…

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African Development Fund provides nearly $18 million for efforts to stabilise the Lake Chad Basin

Bank Group financing will be complemented by additional support of almost $20 million mobilised by UNDP

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) approved on 5 November a package of $17.97 million to Cameroon and Chad to bolster efforts to stabilise the Lake Chad Basin, a region long plagued by insecurity as well as deeply affected by climate change. The funding, comprising…

International Rescue Committee (IRC)
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International Nongovernmental Organizations (INGO) sound alarm on unrelenting violence against Sudan’s civilians as world leaders fail to take meaningful action

As the conflict escalates, and humanitarian needs continue to grow, access to aid remains extremely restricted for communities, especially for those trapped by fighting

International organizations working in Sudan urged the international community to act on the UN Secretary-General’s call for decisive action to protect civilians and ensure safe and unfettered aid delivery, as atrocities escalate across the country and displacement hits 11 million. A significant escalation of hostilities in eastern Aj Jazirah State…