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Djibouti

The Afar sultan's sons come to visit

The Djibouti authorities want to persuade the sons of Ali Mirah, the Sultan of Awsa, to help them resist against Eritrea and fight the Djibouti FRUD rebels.

Subscribers only Politics 13.11.2009

President IOG's family network

We focus on the many of the Djibouti President's close relatives who have made their way in business or hold important posts in the civil service.

Subscribers only Politics 13.11.2009

AG Well Drilling Djibouti

The German national Ulf Wewetzer, who previously worked in Addis [...]

Subscribers only Business 13.11.2009

CMA CGM bows out

The port of Doraleh has become too expensive for the French shipping company. It is moving its container transhipment service to Oman.

Subscribers only Business 30.10.2009

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The Honorary Consul of Djibouti in Singapore, Ho Leng Woon, [...]

Subscribers only Politics 30.10.2009

IOG's whirlwind trip to Paris

President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh (IOG) of Djibouti will be in Paris on 19 October to attend the 35th general conference [...]

Subscribers only Politics 16.10.2009

MDBA’s misiles on test

Firings of Milan and Eryx missiles in Djibouti have enabled to test their functioning under warm conditions.

Free access Business 16.10.2009

Okar Solutions

A graduate of the prestigious Ecole des Mines in Paris, [...]

Subscribers only Business 16.10.2009

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Investment projects a go-go but uncertain

Has President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh succeeded in making his country into a regional economic hub? The intention is certainly there: three companies, the American Maple Indian Ocean Resources (wind energy), the Indian Overseas Infrastructures Alliance (railway transport), the Chinese CGCG [.

Subscribers only Politics 02.10.2009

Ian Gibbs

The game of musical chairs is continuing at the Lundin group and its affiliates. The Canadian firm Africa Oil Corp., [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.09.2009

President increasingly indecisive

President Ismaël Omar Guelleh hesitated this week to let go of Mohamed Djama Doualeh, the head of the republican guard.

Subscribers only Politics 18.09.2009

Daallo Airlines has a mishap

One of the Djibouti airline’s aircraft flying from Paris to Djibouti had serious mechanical problems.

Free access Business 18.09.2009

Afar dignitaries under close surveillance in Djibouti

General Fathi Ahmed Houssein, the armed forces chief of staff, [...]

Subscribers only 18.09.2009

Boreh has a busy summer

The businessman Abdourahman Boreh, whose relations with the presidential couple are at an ebb, has not been idle during the last few weeks.

Subscribers only Politics 04.09.2009

Arbitrary tax demands

The Djibouti tax authorities do not hesitate to demand excessive taxes. Now, even companies officially benefitting from tax waivers have received tax demands. The example below provides a fine illustration of this.

Subscribers only Business 04.09.2009

Nicola Delcroix

In charge of cooperation and development at the European Union (EU) delegation in Addis Ababa, the Italian Nicola Delcroix has [...]

Subscribers only 04.09.2009

Djiboutians helping the TFG in Somalia

According to information obtained by The Indian Ocean Newsletterin Djibouti, [...]

Subscribers only 04.09.2009

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The war of nerves has begun

Support for President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh’s plan to amend the constitution so that he can run for a third mandate in 2011 has been far from unanimous, even within the ruling RPP party and the politically dominant Issaethnic group.

Subscribers only Politics 31.07.2009

What is the French base for?

The Djibouti government would have liked French aid in its fight against Eritrea last year. But Paris would not be drawn in.

Subscribers only Politics 31.07.2009

SDTV

It will not be long before the company Société Djiboutienne [...]

Subscribers only Business 31.07.2009

Djibouti

President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh is generous with his youngest brother, [...]

Subscribers only Politics 17.07.2009

Djibouti Shipping Service

A few months after he lost the election to become [...]

Subscribers only Business 17.07.2009

Colas

The French construction company Colas is in the headlines again [...]

Subscribers only Business 17.07.2009

IOG wants to smoke Boreh out

Continuing its sniping against Abdurahman Boreh, the Djibouti administration seized a consignment of contraband cigarettes it claims are owned by him.

Subscribers only Business 03.07.2009

Groupe GXA

The company GXA Assurances, created a few years ago by [...]

Subscribers only Business 03.07.2009

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Djibouti

The Afar sultan's sons come to visit

President IOG's family network

AG Well Drilling Djibouti

CMA CGM bows out

Djibouti

IOG's whirlwind trip to Paris

MDBA’s misiles on test

Okar Solutions

Spotlight Investment projects a go-go but uncertain

Ian Gibbs

President increasingly indecisive

Daallo Airlines has a mishap

Afar dignitaries under close surveillance in Djibouti

Boreh has a busy summer

Arbitrary tax demands

Nicola Delcroix

Djiboutians helping the TFG in Somalia

Spotlight The war of nerves has begun

What is the French base for?

SDTV

Djibouti

Djibouti Shipping Service

Colas

IOG wants to smoke Boreh out

Groupe GXA

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The secrets behind the FGIS, a sovereign wealth fund set adrift

Africa
Massad Boulos, a free agent of Donald Trump's African diplomacy under close watch

Spotlight
Investment projects a go-go but uncertain

Spotlight
The war of nerves has begun