# Chad Presses Russia for Help Against Boko Haram and to Ease Landlocked Isolation

*Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 12:07 PM UTC — Hamer Intelligence Services Desk*

**Published**: 2026-11-01T12:07:07.214Z (3h ago)
**Category**: geopolitics | **Region**: Africa
**Importance**: 7/10
**Sources**: OSINT
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**Deck**: Chadian foreign minister Ahmed Kogri is urging Russia to support regional efforts against Boko Haram and help improve the country’s access to ports and modern agriculture, using the Russia–Africa summit to push for concrete projects.

Chad is asking Russia to step up its role in the country’s security and economic development, casting Moscow as a potential partner against Boko Haram and a backer of long‑discussed infrastructure plans.

Foreign minister Ahmed Kogri has highlighted terrorism and economic isolation as linked challenges. In comments to Sputnik Africa, he said it’s impossible to overcome the threat from groups such as Boko Haram without pooling efforts and argued that Chad needs Russia’s experience in fighting terrorism. He also described the Russia–Africa summit as a success and said Chad needs Russia’s capacity and support.

Kogri has stressed that Chad must improve its transport connections to international ports to export its products, whether by air or via reliable road networks, and that the country wants Russian help to modernize its agriculture. He has also said it’s time to move from declarations at Russia–Africa summits to the implementation of commitments through concrete projects.

For communities in the Lake Chad basin and other affected areas, Boko Haram’s violence has meant killings, kidnappings and attacks on security forces, with militants exploiting borders with Nigeria, Niger and Cameroon. Chad’s appeal for Russian support signals an interest in bringing another external player into a fight in which regional and French forces have struggled to impose lasting security.

The landlocked nature of Chad shapes its economy. Limited and sometimes unreliable routes to seaports push up costs for imports and make it harder to move agricultural and other exports. Kogri’s call for better links by road and air, coupled with a push to modernize agriculture, points to a search for partners willing to finance and build transport and farm projects.

Chad occupies a sensitive position between the Sahel, Central Africa and conflict zones around Sudan. Any deepening of its relationship with Russia on security or infrastructure would have implications beyond its borders, given existing Russian activities in countries such as Mali and the Central African Republic.

Kogri’s emphasis on turning summit pledges into real projects also reflects wider African concerns about the gap between headline announcements at international gatherings and the slower work of financing and delivery.

Signals to watch now include whether Moscow and N’Djamena announce concrete security or infrastructure agreements following the summit, any sign of Russian personnel or equipment linked to counter‑Boko Haram efforts, and how France and other established partners respond to Chad’s calls for Russian support.