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Djibouti

Outbreak of friendliness between Abdourahman Boreh and Ismail Omar Guelleh

The burial in Djibouti last week of Saad Omar Guelleh, the managing director of the Port de Djibouti and younger [...]

Subscribers only Politics 18.10.2019

Demeter plants its seeds in Ethiopian agricultural sector

Some forty entrepreneurs from the French agribusiness sector who are members of the Club Demeter conducted an official trip to [...]

Subscribers only Business 18.10.2019

Partial privatisation of Djibouti Telecom on the cards?

Inspired by the wave of privatisations initiated by the Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed Ali, including that of Ethio Telecom, [...]

Subscribers only Business 18.10.2019

Ismail Omar Guelleh lands in Conakry

According to our information, on 16 October President Ismail Omar [...]

Subscribers only Politics 18.10.2019

Djibouti criticises Smail Chergui for his links to Russia

The Djiboutian foreign minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf recently instructed his diplomats at the African Union (AU) and Ethiopia to keep a close eye on the AU peace and security commissioner, the Algerian Smail Chergui, who is suspected of having an agenda th

Subscribers only Politics 18.10.2019

US beefs up security at their bases in face of Al-Shabaab

The US army has decided to bolster the communications systems [...]

Subscribers only Politics 18.10.2019

The geopolitics of road corridors

According to information obtained by the Indian Ocean Newsletter, in mid-September the Somalian finance minister, Abdirahman Duale Bayle, and his [...]

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Politics 04.10.2019

Which Afar may replace Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed?

According to information obtained exclusively by the Indian Ocean Newsletter, the eagerly awaited government reshuffle is likely to result in [...]

Subscribers only 04.10.2019

Ali Abdi Farah torn between daughter and presidential clan

The ex-minister of communications and secretary for political affairs of [...]

Subscribers only Politics 04.10.2019

Djibouti's mayor in firing line over EU fund management

The mayor of the capital and president of the Association [...]

Subscribers only Politics 04.10.2019

Repression to pave way for a fifth term?

The Djiboutian opposition is having to contend with a new [...]

Subscribers only Politics 04.10.2019

Where's the money for Djibouti's AMISOM troops?

According to information obtained by the Indian Ocean Newsletter, the [...]

Subscribers only Politics 04.10.2019

In the absence of a reshuffle, tensions mount

Amid tensions over the presidential succession, the delay in the [...]

Subscribers only Politics 04.10.2019

NCIS keeps close eye on Said Del Wais

On 19 September, a team from America's Naval Criminal Investigative [...]

Subscribers only Business 04.10.2019

Interethnic tensions in south-west

Tensions are running high between the Afar and Somali/Issa in the Afar/Debne region of Gobaad and in Dikhil in the [...]

Subscribers only Politics 20.09.2019

Growing malaise at Haramous

Amid manoeuvrings over the presidential succession, revelations and criticisms by [...]

Subscribers only Politics 20.09.2019

Moustapha Tele parades his ministerial clique

The education minister, Moustapha Mohamed Mahmoud aka Moustapha Tele, is [...]

Subscribers only Politics 20.09.2019

Tribulations of Futura Costruzioni place its boss in difficulty

The operations manager of Futura Costruzioni, the Italian construction firm [...]

Subscribers only Business 20.09.2019

Spotlight | Document
Murky visibility around presidential and air force flights

According to documents obtained by The Indian Ocean Newsletter, the aircraft of the government and of the Forces aeriennes djiboutiennes, the air force of the Forces armees djiboutiennes (FAD), are being managed in a highly irregular fashion.

Subscribers only Politics 06.09.2019

PR battle over Africa's UN Security Council seat

Thanks to a personal charm offensive, the Kenyan foreign secretary, Monica Juma, managed to unsettle the Djiboutian delegation behind the [...]

Subscribers only Politics 06.09.2019

Mohamed Abdoulkader Moussa Helem in firing line

This summer the minister for urban planning and the environment, Mohamed Abdoulkader Moussa Helem, sparked tensions within the Union de [...]

Subscribers only 06.09.2019

Tadjoura-Balho road excludes Afars

The Kuwaiti-funded Tadjoura-Balho road, which Meles Zenawi pushed for to [...]

Subscribers only Politics 06.09.2019

Mamassan leaders provoke Afar community

In the course of August, the Forces armees djiboutiennes (FAD) [...]

Subscribers only Politics 06.09.2019

Philippe Danieau sets new course in the Horn

Six months after returning to the helm of the Djiboutian branch of the French maritime transport firm CMA CGM, Philippe [...]

Subscribers only 23.08.2019

Ethiopia spearheads creation of regional military force

The Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed Ali is in the [...]

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 23.08.2019

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