Algeria continues its acts of solidarity toward African countries in need. On Monday in N’Djamena, Prime Minister Sifi Ghrieb, alongside Chad’s Prime Minister and head of government Allamaye Halina, presided over the groundbreaking ceremony for the Algeria-Chad solidarity power plant. The facility will have a production capacity of 40 megawatts. This event came just days after a similar inauguration in Niamey, Niger, where the Algeria-Niger solidarity power plant—also 40 megawatts—was launched at Gorou Banda. Both plants are gifts from Algeria to Chad and Niger respectively.
Algeria, which played a concrete role in Africa’s decolonization, maintains its solidarity approach now focused on the economic and social development of formerly colonized African countries facing difficulties due to unequal international relations dominated by neocolonial practices of former occupying powers. The Sahel-Saharan region, a natural extension of Algeria, is particularly concerned, with regional and African integration as a corollary. It is worth recalling that Algeria allocated one billion dollars to its International Cooperation Agency for Solidarity and Development (AICA) to develop projects across Africa.
In a speech during the groundbreaking ceremony, Sifi Ghrieb reaffirmed “Algeria’s full commitment to continue supporting the Republic of Chad, a brother country, in its development process through knowledge transfer, capacity building, and sharing successful experiences accumulated by our national institutions in the fields of energy, mining, industry, and infrastructure.” Regarding the power plant project, Ghrieb stated “it carries deep economic, social, and human dimensions, given its contribution to strengthening Chad’s energy capacities and supporting its development efforts.” He emphasized that this project “embodies the unwavering political will of the leaders of both brother countries” and “reflects on the ground the high directives of the President of the Republic and his brother Marshal Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno, President of the Republic of Chad, aimed at raising Algeria-Chad relations to the level of a strong strategic partnership based on active solidarity, shared development, and mutual interests.”
The Prime Minister conveyed to Chadian authorities and the brotherly Chadian people the greetings of the President of the Republic, as well as his constant commitment to “promote the bonds of fraternity uniting the two brother peoples and strengthen bilateral cooperation relations, so as to contribute to achieving common goals for building a more integrated and prosperous African space.” Decided by the President of the Republic, this project, Ghrieb noted, “comes to realize the first fruits of this new dynamic initiated by the official visit to Algeria in April 2026 by Marshal Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno, as well as the results of the important talks he had with his brother, President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, marked by the conclusion of ambitious cooperation agreements and programs covering various vital sectors.”
Sifi Ghrieb was received on Monday in N’Djamena by Chad’s President Marshal Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno. Charged by President Tebboune, the Prime Minister arrived earlier that day in Chad for an official visit aimed at strengthening fraternal ties as well as cooperation and partnership between the two countries.
