Marine Gen. Thomas Waldhauser, commander of AfriCom, told the Senate Armed Services Committee that he expected the Chinese base on the Horn of Africa to be operational later this summer. Without getting specific, Waldhauser said he recently met with Djibouti’s...
The East Africa Bank has initiated an ambitious expansion plan. The bank, which seeks to become one of the top financial institutions in the east African region, is targeting to venture into Ethiopia and other countries in the region. EAB Chief...
The President of Djibouti H.E. Ismail Omar Geelle received a delegation from Somaliland led by the first deputy Speaker of the parliament Hon. Saeed Mire Farah Gire. This meeting was organized by Somaliland Ambassador in Djibouti Abdifatah Saeed Ahmed. The meeting...
President Guelleh’s controversial fifth term is more likely to be tested by regional than domestic challenges. By Selam Tadesse Demissie Djibouti’s President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, who has been in power for 22 years, won a fifth term in office by a...
Kenya has hit back at Djibouti for contesting against its endorsement by AU to represent Africa at the United Nations Security Council. Through the ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kenya said it considers the matter no longer about a candidature but...
On January 1, 2014   A thought to all those who have died prematurely this eventful year of political crisis in circumstances still unclear:   ·          A Rayaleh Mahamoud Elmi, a professor of French and activist committed USN, found dead in...
The President of Somaliland was amongst several leaders of States and Representatives of Nations who graced the Djibouti Presidential inauguration of the incumbent H.E Ismail Omer Guelleh who has just been installed for his fifth term. The Information Minister Hon....
President of Djibouti H.E Ismael Omar Guelleh, on Thursday, received SL’s FM, Dr. Essa Keyd Mohamud, who is leading a high-powered delegation that is currently in Djibouti on working visit. The visit embarked by the FM of Somaliland to Djibouti...
WHO delivered protective equipment for COVID-19 to the Djibouti Ministry of Health including goggles, surgical gowns, gloves, face masks and hand sprayers. The distribution of personal protective equipment to health facilities is one of WHO's recommended measures to protect...
Ethiopia, whose energy needs are constantly growing, remains dependent on Djibouti’s infrastructure policies – and keeps demanding more. But the announced extension of the port of Horizon could be compromised by another project: the Damerjog petrochemical complex. Djibouti’s business landscape...