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...
Djibouti Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf (L) and Turkish Transport and Infrastructure Minister Mehmet Cahit Turhan (R) met in Ankara on February 19, 2020. Turkey is eyeing taking over management of the second most strategic port in the Horn of...
January 1, 2015 A thought for all those who have died within 20 months and over unprecedented political crisis in still unclear circumstances:   A Elmi Mahamoud Rayaleh, a French teacher and activist committed USN, found dead in his cell in the...
With over 100 million people, Ethiopia is easily the most populous landlocked country on earth. When Eritrea seceded in 1993, Ethiopia lost access to its coastline, impeding its economic growth and limiting the nation’s ambitions of becoming a regional hegemon. No...
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...
Djibouti’s President Ismail Omar Guelleh has won a landslide victory in an election criticised by opposition parties and rights groups. Officials said Mr Guelleh won 87% of Friday’s vote, which activists complained was preceded by political repression and curbs on...
Ethiopian and Djiboutian Ambassadors to Somaliland paid a courtesy call to Minister of Foreign Affairs Hon. Dr. Essa Kayd Mohamud office, and he discussed with the duo bilateral relation to their countries. The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation...
The Djibouti government has accused the Somaliland government of failing to cooperate in investigating the case of the 2014 Djibouti bombing. The US government's anti-terrorism report said it had concluded a preliminary international cooperation in investigating the 2014 bombing in...
Security forces are seen at the Port of Djibouti on March 9, 2018. Authorities recently arrested two journalists covering protests in the country, and a third is in hiding. Authorities in Djibouti should stop harassing journalists working with the...
Djibouti, January 29, 2014 Targeted, abusive and arbitrary arrests multiply and are concentrated in the municipality of Balbala. The latest list of youth arrested in recent days are almost all from the suburbs of Balbala. These are:   Omar Hassan Waberi,  ...