President's project to build one hundred housing complexes in the N'Djaména area has taken off

On the road which leads into N'Djaména from Moundou, the gathering of
materials and construction for President Idriss Déby Itno's housing
complex project (logements sociaux) has really taken off. Trucks
carrying cement, plywood and other building materials are arriving by
the hundreds, and the materials are beaing unloaded and transported to
several sites. In the distance overlooking the road where these
materials are arriving, one can see some of the housing complexes going
up. The buildings are simple but solid; a few of them already have the
roof and the second floor up, despite the rainy season which could have
potentially hindered progress on them. Each housing complex appears to
be able to hold at least twenty families comfortably, and seems to be
employing hundreds, perhaps thousands, of construction workers.
Please pray that the infrastructure required for these buildings would
be well-built, and that the communities built around these homes would
be peaceful places which God can bless.

Inauguration Day

Pray for Chad and for President Idriss Déby Itno as he is officially
inaugurated for another term today.

Sudan, Chad to sign US$2b pact to build railway (PANA)

A US$2 billion tri-partite agreement will be signed soon to implement
projects linking Sudan and Chad, via a railroad that would expand up to
Douala in Cameroon, a Sudanese ruling party member announced on Friday.

Hassan Bargo, the ruling party official responsible for the township
between Sudan and Chad, said the two countries would soon send a
delegation to China, where they would sign the contract with the Chinese
Import and Export Bank, which will provide the funds.
He said the money would be used to construct a railway line that extends
from Nyala in Sudan's western Darfur region up to Ndjamena (Chad), to
Abahe-Adre up to Nyala in the east and will go from Ndjamena up to
Douala in Cameroon.
There is a rail road linking Nyala to Port Sudan on the Red Sea in
Eastern Sudan region. With this link, the landlocked Chad will be
directly linked to the Red Sea with a train that runs a 120 kms an hour,
transporting commodities.
The Sudanese official said the projects would start in October this year.

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