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Djibouti

Abu Dhabi and Riyadh envisage collaboration on security

Djibouti has confirmed its rapprochement with certain Gulf states and its intention to monitor countries with which Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are in conflict.

Subscribers only Politics 27.12.2019

Ismail Omar Guelleh reluctant to impose sanctions on members of his clan

Although Ismail Omar Guelleh (IOG) has publicly acknowledged the failings of the institutions in charge of the emergency response to [...]

Subscribers only Politics 27.12.2019

DP World increasingly optimistic about DCT comeback

As negotiations between the authorities of Djibouti and Dubai step up a gear, the port operator DP World has won a significant court ruling in its favour in Hong Kong.

Subscribers only Business 27.12.2019

Ismail Omar Guelleh fearful of spies

On the orders of President Ismail Omar Guelleh (IOG), the [...]

Subscribers only Politics 27.12.2019

Addis Ababa makes its displeasure known to Djibouti

On 19 November, the Djiboutian army chief of staff, General [...]

Subscribers only Politics 27.12.2019

Ismail Omar Guelleh struggles to keep head above water

Floods have highlighted the government's inability to cope with an emergency.

Subscribers only Politics 13.12.2019

Businessman Abdourahman Boreh to return to the fold?

According to well-informed sources, President Ismail Omar Guelleh (IOG) and the Franco-Djiboutian businessman Abdourahman Boreh have been talking more and [...]

Subscribers only Business 13.12.2019

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Ensuite Com brought on board to win Ismail Omar Guelleh a Security Council seat

In its bid to become Africa's non-permanent member of the UN Security Council, Djibouti has retained the services of the [...]

Free access Business 13.12.2019

Ismail Omar Guelleh's ambassador in Addis overshares regarding Ethiopian naval base

The Djiboutian president Ismail Omar Guelleh (IOG) was not best [...]

Subscribers only Politics 13.12.2019

Cevital shuts up shop

Djibouti Seafood Harvesting, the Djiboutian subsidiary of the Algerian firm [...]

Subscribers only Business 13.12.2019

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The likely repercussions of a DP World comeback in Djibouti

According to information obtained exclusively by the Indian Ocean Newsletter, the current love-in between the Franco-Djiboutian businessman Abdourahman Boreh and President Ismail Omar Guelleh (IOG) looks like leading to a second honeymoon (ION 1507). And indirectly, this could have an [.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Politics 29.11.2019

Shipwreck postponed as debt burden eases

The revised budget for 2019, which the Indian Ocean Newsletter has seen, shows a decrease in interest on debt repayments. Analysis.

Subscribers only Politics 29.11.2019

Chinese businesses no longer above the law?

Signed up to various prestigious mega-projects, the Chinese giant BTP China State Construction Engineering Corp (CSCEC) is losing some of [...]

Subscribers only Business 29.11.2019

KMH discharges Sahra Moussa Bouh from hospital

The wife of President Ismail Omar Guelleh, Kadra Mahamoud Haïd (KMH), whom many Djiboutians now see as the power behind [...]

Subscribers only 29.11.2019

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Rumblings of discontent within government

The publication of a presidential decree setting up a committee [...]

Subscribers only Politics 29.11.2019

Saïd Del Wais left alone at helm of HALT Group

The director for promoting gender equality at the Ministry for [...]

Subscribers only Business 29.11.2019

Upsurge in tensions between Hargeisa and Djibouti

Relations between Somaliland and Djibouti are continuing to deteriorate. The press conference held by the chair of the Somaliland opposition [...]