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Chad
Minister's head rolls over failure of N'Djamena emergency electricity supply plan

Mahamat Idriss Dédy, in N'Djamena, in August 2023. © Denis Sassou Gueipeur / AFP

The sacking of energy minister Djerassem Le Bemadjiel has revealed the tensions within the transition regime over the electricity supply question. [...]

Published on 08/11/2023 at 05:40 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

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Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Chad
Minister's head rolls over failure of N'Djamena emergency electricity supply plan

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N'Djamena struggles to secure donor help with refugee crisis

Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Niger
Chad all but deprived of trade routes after Niger coup

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Mahamat Idriss Déby calls on Lebanon's Georges Tehini to bolster his electricity production

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