Algeria continues its gestures of solidarity toward African nations in need. Prime Minister Sifi Ghrieb, alongside Chadian Prime Minister and head of government Allamaye Halina, presided over the groundbreaking ceremony for the Algeria-Chad solidarity power plant in N’Djamena on Monday. The facility will have a generation capacity of 40 megawatts.
This event comes just days after a similar inauguration in Niamey, Niger, where an Algeria-Niger solidarity power plant of the same capacity was unveiled at Gorou Banda. Both projects are donations from Algeria to Chad and Niger respectively.
Algeria, which played a concrete role in Africa’s decolonisation process, maintains its solidarity approach now focused on the economic and social development of formerly colonised African countries facing difficulties due to unequal international relations dominated by neo-colonial practices of former occupying powers. The Sahel-Saharan region, considered Algeria’s natural extension, is particularly concerned, with regional and African integration as a key corollary.
It is worth recalling that Algeria has allocated $1 billion to its Agency for International Cooperation for Solidarity and Development (AICA) to fund projects across Africa.
During his speech at 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 that “it carries profound economic, social, and human dimensions, given its contribution to strengthening the energy capacities of the Republic of Chad, a brother country, and supporting its development efforts.” He emphasised that this project “embodies the unwavering political will driving the leaders of both brother countries” and “translates 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 promoting Algeria-Chad relations to the level of a solid strategic partnership based on active solidarity, common 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 brotherhood uniting the two brother peoples and strengthen bilateral cooperation relations, so as to contribute to the achievement of common goals for building a more integrated and prosperous African space.”
Decided by the President of the Republic, this project, Ghrieb highlighted, “realises the first fruits of this new dynamic driven by the official visit to Algeria in April 2026 by Marshal Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno, as well as the outcomes of the important talks he had with his brother, the President of the Republic, Mr. Abdelmadjid Tebboune, marked by the conclusion of ambitious cooperation agreements and programmes covering various vital sectors.”
Sifi Ghrieb was received on Monday in N’Djamena by the President of Chad, Marshal Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno. Tasked by President Tebboune, the Prime Minister arrived in Chad earlier that day for an official visit aimed at strengthening fraternal ties as well as cooperation and partnership between the two countries.
