Djibouti

ARMS ORDER PLACED WITH RUSSIA

According to information obtained by The Indian Ocean Newsletter, Commander Osman Nour Soubackleh, of the Djiboutian armed forces, two weeks [...]

The Djiboutian government has postponed general elections slated for November [...]

ALI HASSAN BOGOREH

According to the Djiboutian opposition, Ali Hassan Bogoreh is a [...]

BOTH SIDES PREPARING TO FIGHT

According to the president of the Front pour la Restauration de l'Unité et de la Democratie (FRUD), Ahmed Dini, currently [...]

FRENCH PORT LOAN

The Port Autonome International de Djibouti (PAID) has been allocated an eight-million dollar credit by the French Caisse Centrale de [...]

ADEN ROBLEH AWALLEH

The leader of the Parti National Démocratique (PND) apparently on [...]

AN ECONOMIC OUTLOOK

According to the "Trends in Developing Economies 1992" handbook produced by the World Bank, the Comoros Islands "slackened off" at [...]

REPORTS OF DEPORTATION

The president of the Association pour la Défense des droits de l'Homme et des Libertés (ADDHL), Mohamed Houmed Souleh said [...]

ROLAND DUMAS

The French foreign minister met Djiboutian President Hassan Gouled Aptidon [...]

TWO PARTIES LEGALISED, THREE REFUSED

By the September 30 deadline, only two political parties out of four authorised by the new Djiboutian constitution, had been [...]

BERNARD HADJADJ

Trained as an engineer, Bernard Hadjadj has been appointed to [...]

During a recent clash between fighters of the Front pour [...]

KHAT TRADE UNDER CONTROL

The respective governments of Ethiopia and Djibouti have signed a bilateral agreement on khat trading. The text of the agreement, [...]

AHMED DINI

The leader of the opposition Front pour la Restauration de [...]

PRESIDENT GOULED'S TOUGHER STANCE

President Hassan Gouled Aptidon of Djibouti, in the days before his arrival in the French capital this week, accompanied by [...]

MOHAMMED DJAMA ELABE

Former health minister in Djibouti, Mohamed Djama Elabe formed the Mouvement pour la Paix and Reconciliation before taking over at [...]

MOHAMED HUSSEIN

The leader of the Mouvement National de Djibouti (MND, Issaq) [...]

In a statement made from Sanaa, Yemen on September 15, [...]

Spotlight
TOWARDS MULTIPARTY WAR ?

The constitutional referendum in Djibouti on September 4 (75 percent turnout and 96 percent of "yes" votes according to the government, but the opposition says 50 percent of the electorate boycotted the poll) that is supposed to open the way [.