Foreign Affairs Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe, on Wednesday, April 8, visited Chad where he met with President Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno, to deliver a message from President Paul Kagame.

During the meeting, Nduhungirehe handed the Chadian president a letter from Kagame requesting Chad’s support for Louise Mushikiwabo’s candidacy for a third term as Secretary-General of the International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF).

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Earlier in the day, Nduhungirehe had signed a joint commission agreement with his Chadian counterpart, Dr Abdoulaye Sabr Fadoul, a step toward formalising cooperation between the two countries.

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Mushikiwabo has led the OIF since 2018 and was re-elected in 2022. If she wins a third term, she would become only the second Secretary-General in the organisation’s history to serve three consecutive mandates, after former Senegalese president Abdou Diouf.