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    • The Bank played a key role in linking Cameroon and Nigeria through the Bamenda-Enugu road construction project
    • The building of the Cross River bridge, opened in October 2022
    • Marie-Laure Akin-Olugbade, the African Development Bank’s Vice-President for the Regional Development, Integration and Business Delivery Complex, meets with Joseph Dion Ngute, Prime Minister of Cameroon
    • Marie-Laure Akin-Olugbade, the African Development Bank’s Vice-President for the Regional Development, Integration and Business Delivery Complex, met Alamine Ousmane Mey, Cameroon’s Minister of Economy, Planning and Regional Development
    • Louis-Paul Motaze, Finance Minister
    • Meeting with Cameroon's principal technical and financial partners
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Source: African Development Bank Group (AfDB) |

Cameroon: The African Development Bank, a leading infrastructure partner

“The Bank's operations have changed the face of the region” – Cameroonian minister

In an era of transformative development, the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) stands as a beacon of progress in Central Africa, particularly in Cameroon, where the institution has earmarked more than 50 percent of its portfolio for funding transport infrastructure. The Bank spearheaded crucial projects such as the Ketta-Djoum Road,…

Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of The State of Qatar |

His Highness the Amir receives written Message from Transitional President of Chad

The meeting discussed a number of regional and international issues of common interest, especially the developments in the African continent

HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani received a written message from HE Transitional President of the Republic of Chad Lt. Gen. Mahamat Idriss Deby, pertaining to bilateral relations and ways to support and develop them. The message was received by HE Minister of State at the Ministry of…

Source: The Government of Norway |

Norway to establish embassy in Senegal

The new Embassy will be responsible for Norway’s diplomatic relations with Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Chad, where Norway does not have any foreign service missions

Norway will open an embassy in Dakar in the autumn of 2024. The mission will also be responsible for several other countries in West Africa. This is the first time Norway has established an embassy in Senegal. In addition to Senegal the new Embassy will be responsible for Norway’s diplomatic…

Source: United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) |

Chad validates its strategy and implementation plan for the Water Convention

The 10th session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Water Convention in October 2024 will be an opportunity for Chad to present its priority needs on the basis of this plan and explore possible support from technical and financial partners

Much of Chad's water resources are shared, notably the Lake Chad basin and its many tributaries and distributaries (shared with Cameroon, Central African Republic, Libya, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan and Algeria), the Niger River basin (shared with Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Mali, Niger and Nigeria) and the Nubian…

Source: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) |

Thousands still fleeing Sudan daily, after one year of war

The number of Sudanese forced to flee has now surpassed 8.5 million people, with 1.8 million of them having crossed borders

A year on, the war in Sudan continues to rage, with the country and its neighbours experiencing one of the largest and most challenging humanitarian and displacement crises in the world. The number of Sudanese forced to flee has now surpassed 8.5 million people, with 1.8 million of them having…

Source: United Arab Emirates Ministry of Foreign Affairs & International Cooperation |

United Arab Emirates: Shakhboot bin Nahyan Al Nahyan Meets with Transitional President of Chad

The two sides discussed ways to promote cooperation in all areas and affirmed the importance of continuing to strengthen bilateral relations

His Excellency Sheikh Shakhboot bin Nahyan Al Nahyan, Minister of State, met with His Excellency Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno, transitional President of the Republic of Chad, in the capital, N'Djamena, where the two sides discussed ways to develop bilateral relations between the UAE and Chad across various fields of common…

Source: World Food Programme (WFP) |

World Food Programme (WFP) races to preposition food in eastern Chad as funding crunch and looming rains threaten aid to Sudanese refugees

Since the conflict in Sudan erupted last year, erratic funding has allowed WFP to concentrate on immediate needs only, focusing efforts on new Sudanese refugees

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is today warning that life-saving programmes in Chad will grind to a halt in a matter of weeks without urgent funding. The stark warning comes as thousands of Sudanese refugees continue to stream across the border from Darfur, and as the rainy season…

Source: Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) |

Health Services provided to thousands of Patients in Chad in Cooperation with Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA)

The lack of healthcare infrastructure in Chad, one of the poorest countries not only in Africa but also in the world, is one of the most important factors that make people’s daily lives harder

Within the scope of the “Sağlığa Dost Eli-4 Project,” which was carried out for the fourth time this year in cooperation with Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) and Dost Eli Association, Turkish physicians provided free health services to thousands of Chadian citizens in the Ndjari district. The lack of…

Source: Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) |

Central African Republic: $367.7 million needed to reinforce strictly humanitarian response in 2024

Launch of the 2024 Central African Republic Humanitarian Response Plan

The situation has generally improved in the Central African Republic (CAR), but humanitarian needs remain high as a result of the conflict that has persisted for over a decade, and the recent impact of the war in Sudan and insecurity in the northwestern border region with Chad. 2.8 million people…

Source: World Food Programme (WFP) |

World Food Programme (WFP) calls for urgent, safe access to feed millions in Sudan as fighting rages across the country

Despite WFP's efforts to provide food assistance to millions of people across the country since the war broke out, almost 18 million individuals across the country are currently facing acute hunger (IPC3+)

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) urgently calls on Sudan’s warring parties to provide immediate guarantees for the safe and unimpeded delivery of humanitarian food assistance to conflict-hit parts of Sudan, especially across conflict lines where hungry displaced civilians are trapped and cut-off from life-saving humanitarian assistance. The situation…