{"id":4626,"date":"2026-02-11T23:50:58","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T23:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/en\/home\/am-djarass-desert-culture-festival-returns-in-chad"},"modified":"2026-02-12T01:26:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T01:26:33","slug":"am-djarass-desert-culture-festival-returns-in-chad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/en\/culture-and-art\/am-djarass-desert-culture-festival-returns-in-chad","title":{"rendered":"Am Djarass Desert Culture Festival Returns in Chad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"ap-article-header-tag\"> <strong>Africa-Press. <\/strong> <\/span>After a seven-year hiatus, the International Am Djarass Festival of Desert Cultures in northeastern Chad has returned and will run until 13 February, with Niger as guest of honor.<\/p>\n<p>Since last Saturday, dance performances and music concerts featuring artists from across Chad, as well as from Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mauritania, have brought renewed energy to the town near the Sudanese border.<\/p>\n<p>At the opening of the festival\u2019s sixth edition, Niger\u2019s Minister of Handicrafts and Tourism, Agayichata Guichin Atta, said that in a world marked by tensions, crises, and misunderstanding, culture remains a space for meeting and dialogue\u2014helping people understand and respect one another and build together. She added, to warm applause, that regional countries stand to benefit from joining forces to make culture a tool for peace, development, and job creation.<\/p>\n<p>Chadian Prime Minister Alami Halina reaffirmed his government\u2019s commitment to making the desert, culture, and tourism key pillars of development, and voiced an ambition to have desert cultures recognized as part of humanity\u2019s living heritage.<\/p>\n<p>For the festival\u2019s founder and organizer, Issouf Eli Mousami, the event is an important economic, political, and cultural \u201clever\u201d that supports \u201cSouth\u2013South cooperation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Am Djarass was also the stronghold of former president Idriss De\u0301by Itno, who was killed in clashes with rebels after three decades in power. After his death, his son Mahamat Idriss De\u0301by was named transitional president in April 2021, before being elected president in May 2024 in a contested vote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-article-footer-note\">Find more news and analyses on <span class=\"ap-highlight-country\">Africa<\/span> on the <span class=\"ap-highlight-brand\">Africa Press<\/span> website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press. After a seven-year hiatus, the International Am Djarass Festival of Desert Cultures in northeastern Chad has returned and will run until 13 February, with Niger as guest of honor. 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