From Niger to Chad, Algeria Makes Energy a Tool for African Diplomacy – La Nouvelle Tribune

Algerian Prime Minister Sifi Ghrieb visited Chad on June 8, 2026, to lay the foundation stone for a 40-megawatt power plant in the Farcha industrial zone of N'Djamena. Five days earlier, on June 3 in Niamey, he inaugurated the Gorou Banda power plant, built by Sonelgaz International in less than three months. These projects are part of a diplomatic rapprochement strategy following the rift with Mali, which denounced the Algiers peace agreement in January 2024.