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Djibouti

The opposition rebuilds itself, but splits persist

After the collapse of the opposition USN coalition, two people remain in play: "TX" and "DAF". But can the pair work together?

Subscribers only Politics 25.11.2016

Lake Assal sows discord between Afar and Issa

Tension between the Afar and the Issa communities has grown steadily since the launch of geothermal drilling at Gaala-le-Koma. This [...]

Subscribers only Politics 11.11.2016

IOG puts order in the ranks of the police and the gendarmerie

Following a dispute between gendarmes and police officers, which almost [...]

Subscribers only Politics 11.11.2016

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A Shanghai group wants to acquire BDCD

Will Beijing allow President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh achieve his dream of making his country into the "African Switzerland"? The Indian Ocean Newsletter has learnt that a group from Shanghai is about to invest in the Djibouti bank Banque de Dépôt [...]

Subscribers only Business 28.10.2016

Afar discontent increases against government

Is Djibouti going through an "Ethiopianisation" process? Will the Afar become the Ismaïl Omar Guelleh regime's Oromo? After the altercation [...]

Subscribers only Politics 28.10.2016

Prime Minister loses his cool over Jabha case

Prime Minister Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed lost his cool during a [...]

Subscribers only Politics 28.10.2016

Mohamed Ahmed found innocent but still held in jail

On 6 October, Idil Yonis Omar, president of the Djibouti Court of Appeal ordered the release of the country's longest [...]

Subscribers only 14.10.2016

Hanfareh Ali Mirah goes on world tour

Sultan Hanfareh Ali Mirah, the Sultan of the Afars in Awsa in Ethiopia and recognized by the Afars in Djibouti, [...]

Subscribers only 14.10.2016

Heated start to Petroteca’s and ODDEG’s drilling operations

The Turkish company Petroteca in partnership with Office djiboutien de [...]

Subscribers only Business 14.10.2016

The presidential family is torn over power vacuum

While the President seems to be taking a back seat over his functions, tension among his close allies has reached a climax.

Subscribers only Politics 30.09.2016

Spotlight | Document
China-US cold war in Red Sea

Electrified by Beijing’s militarisation of the South China Sea, tensions between China and the United States have now spread to the Red Sea. To be sure, Beijing is working hard to cement its presence in the region and expand its [.

Subscribers only Politics 16.09.2016

Power vacuum on backdrop of family and tribal tension

Although Ismaïl Omar Guelleh came back from vacation early, towards the end of August, but has taken a step back [...]

Subscribers only Politics 16.09.2016

Hassan Ali Kamil will take the army in hand

The chief of staff, General Zakaria Cheikh Ibrahim, has fought his last battle before accepting to take retirement. The decree [...]

Subscribers only 16.09.2016

Expulsions of senior civil servants continue

After expelling the ministers in Ismaïl Omar Guelleh’s third mandate [...]

Subscribers only Politics 16.09.2016

Heightened tension between Prime Minister and Djama Speed

The minister for health and presidential couple’s son-in-law Djama Elmi [...]

Subscribers only Politics 16.09.2016

The government doubts its army and counts on Ethiopia

Little confident in its troops’ commitment to fight against the FRUD armé (armed opposition movement), the Djibouti government have just [...]

Subscribers only Politics 02.09.2016

IOG turns OLF members over to Addis Ababa

President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh is determined to get back into [...]

Subscribers only Politics 02.09.2016

RTD at the heart of political and financial stakes in government

Radio-Télévision de Djibouti (RTD) has regained its former director general, [...]

Subscribers only Business 02.09.2016

Lootah Group of Companies still in difficulty

The firm Inmaa Djibouti, the sole distributor of Hyundai automobiles [...]

Subscribers only Business 02.09.2016

Balalo a victim of Guelleh’s suspicion of Yonis Moussa clan

Former religious affairs minister Aden Hassan Aden, A K A Balalo, didn’t get the job of Djibouti’s envoy to Qatar [...]

Subscribers only Politics 29.07.2016

Guelleh seeks protection from his own army

Djibouti’s chief-of-staff, general Zakaria Cheikh Ibrahim, has become a marked man. Ali Hassan Bahdon, defense minister and son-in-law of president [...]

Subscribers only Politics 29.07.2016

Kulach, ex-head of EU mission in Saudi Arabia, assigned to Djibouti

An experienced diplomat and expert in Arab countries who headed the European Union mission in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf [...]

Subscribers only 29.07.2016

Dawaleh voices his ire

Finance minister Ilyas Moussa Dawaleh has let it be known [...]

Subscribers only Politics 29.07.2016

Jumaan Trading & Investment Corp, active from Sanaa to Djibouti

The Yemeni tycoon Mohamed Ahmed Jumaan has set up shop [...]

Subscribers only Business 29.07.2016

AGS goes moving and shaking

By September 2016, the group AGS, the leading European removals [...]

Subscribers only Business 15.07.2016

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Djibouti

The opposition rebuilds itself, but splits persist

Lake Assal sows discord between Afar and Issa

IOG puts order in the ranks of the police and the gendarmerie

Spotlight
A Shanghai group wants to acquire BDCD

Afar discontent increases against government

Prime Minister loses his cool over Jabha case

Mohamed Ahmed found innocent but still held in jail

Hanfareh Ali Mirah goes on world tour

Heated start to Petroteca’s and ODDEG’s drilling operations

The presidential family is torn over power vacuum

Spotlight | Document
China-US cold war in Red Sea

Power vacuum on backdrop of family and tribal tension

Hassan Ali Kamil will take the army in hand

Expulsions of senior civil servants continue

Heightened tension between Prime Minister and Djama Speed

The government doubts its army and counts on Ethiopia

IOG turns OLF members over to Addis Ababa

RTD at the heart of political and financial stakes in government

Lootah Group of Companies still in difficulty

Balalo a victim of Guelleh’s suspicion of Yonis Moussa clan

Guelleh seeks protection from his own army

Kulach, ex-head of EU mission in Saudi Arabia, assigned to Djibouti

Dawaleh voices his ire

Jumaan Trading & Investment Corp, active from Sanaa to Djibouti

AGS goes moving and shaking

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Djibouti

The opposition rebuilds itself, but splits persist

Lake Assal sows discord between Afar and Issa

IOG puts order in the ranks of the police and the gendarmerie

Spotlight A Shanghai group wants to acquire BDCD

Afar discontent increases against government

Prime Minister loses his cool over Jabha case

Mohamed Ahmed found innocent but still held in jail

Hanfareh Ali Mirah goes on world tour

Heated start to Petroteca’s and ODDEG’s drilling operations

The presidential family is torn over power vacuum

Spotlight | Document China-US cold war in Red Sea

Power vacuum on backdrop of family and tribal tension

Hassan Ali Kamil will take the army in hand

Expulsions of senior civil servants continue

Heightened tension between Prime Minister and Djama Speed

The government doubts its army and counts on Ethiopia

IOG turns OLF members over to Addis Ababa

RTD at the heart of political and financial stakes in government

Lootah Group of Companies still in difficulty

Balalo a victim of Guelleh’s suspicion of Yonis Moussa clan

Guelleh seeks protection from his own army

Kulach, ex-head of EU mission in Saudi Arabia, assigned to Djibouti

Dawaleh voices his ire

Jumaan Trading & Investment Corp, active from Sanaa to Djibouti

AGS goes moving and shaking

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Spotlight
A Shanghai group wants to acquire BDCD

Spotlight | Document
China-US cold war in Red Sea