Madar (N'Djamena) - Chadian President Marshal Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno on Thursday, 12 November 2026, inspected several facilities and development sites in Abeche, capital of Ouaddai province in the east of the country, including a solar power plant that has been idle for nine months, the news site Tchadinfos reported.
Deby arrived in Abeche on Wednesday, 11 November, from Ennedi Est province, as part of a security tour of several provinces.
He first went to the Abeche solar power plant to check on electricity distribution, even though the facility has been out of service for nine months, a situation that weighs heavily on residents' daily lives, according to the site.
He then visited the construction site of the mother-and-child hospital, where work has been halted since 2015.
The president also stopped at a site where shops for gold traders are being built on the eastern side of Independence Square, a project that has drawn controversy over the use of public space. Questioned by Deby, the government's delegate-general for Ouaddai, General Ismael Yamouda Djorbo, said gold traders are among those most exposed to insecurity and that local authorities decided after consultation to provide them with a secure area.
He said 330 shops will be built with the traders' own money, and that rental income will go to the Abeche municipality after two years.
The visit ended at the Bithea 2 site at the southern exit of the town, where a new water tower is meant to improve drinking-water supply. The source reported no decisions or timetables announced by the president.
