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Jordana Rémon-Coubèche becomes Monaco's new consul in Djibouti

At the start of this month, Djibouti's foreign minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf received the exequatur officially making Jordana Rémon-Coubèche Monaco's new consul in #Djibouti, for a renewable five-year term.

Subscribers only Business 27.10.2021

Olusegun Obasanjo, African Union (AU) special envoy to the Horn of Africa, was received on October 7, 2021 by French President Emmanuel Macron (right). © Xose Bouzas/Hans Lucas via Reuters Connect

After Paris and Brussels, Obasanjo heads to New York

The African Union High Representative for the Horn of Africa is coordinating with his Western partners on the strategy to be adopted to encourage the parties to the Ethiopian conflict to negotiate.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 13.10.2021

French President Emmanuel Macron (left) and Sudanese Sovereignty Council Chairman Abel Fattah al-Burhan. © Yoan Valat/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

Macron strengthens cooperation with Sudanese intelligence

The heads of Sudanese intelligence agencies are expected in Paris at the end of this week to discuss questions of security with their French counterparts and the ministry of foreign affairs.

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Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed Ali and French president Emmanuel Macron. © Ian Langsdon/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

Macron bolsters French presence in Horn

Ambassador Frédéric Clavier is to be France's new special envoy for the Horn of Africa. His job will be to follow the conflict in Tigray and consolidate the work of his predecessor in Sudan since 2019.

Free access Diplomacy 08.10.2021

The Djiboutian president Ismaïl Omar Guelleh. © Twitter/@IsmailOguelleh

Faced with ethnic tension, IOG reshuffles army top brass

Against the backdrop of tensions between the Afar and Somali populations on both sides of Djibouti's border with Ethiopia, President Ismail Omar Guelleh has overhauled his military high command.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 05.10.2021

Alexis Mohamed, special advisor to the president of the Republic of Djibouti, and Pierre Dartout, Monaco Prime Minister. © Twitter Account Alexis Mohamed

IOG forges links with Monaco

The president of Djibouti wants to strengthen diplomatic, but above all economic, relations with the principality of Monaco.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 29.09.2021

Pandemic puts the brakes on China's military aid

The health crisis is preventing two Chinese warships given to the Djibouti navy earlier this year going into operation. The inertia is surprising given Beijing's growing military presence in the country.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 22.09.2021

Addis and Cairo's communication war heats up

Egypt and Ethiopia are fighting to get their voices heard in Washington, and have hired new PR professionals to help them.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 15.09.2021

UAE and China spar over Horn of Africa ports

Four months after opening the port of Berbera in Somaliland, DP World's chairman, Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, tasked his teams to conduct a study on Chinese activism in the ports of the Horn of Africa.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 10.09.2021

Port of Djibouti barons at loggerheads

State-run Port of Djibouti, the country's main source of income along, in equal measure, with the rent from foreign military bases, is in the throes of a management war.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 06.09.2021

The Doraleh Multi-Purpose Port, managed by the state company Port of Djibouti.

IOG sends his trade minister to Casablanca for training

Mohamed Warsama Dirieh will travel to Rabat and Casablanca on 6 and 7 September at the head of a small delegation of business leaders.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 01.09.2021

MEDEF to finally visit Djibouti next year

Attending a meeting in Paris of Francophone entrepreneurs, Djibouti Chamber of Commerce president Youssouf Moussa Dawaleh won an assurance from the head of French employers' group MEDEF about a visit to Djibouti before the end of the first quarter of 2022

Subscribers only Business 31.08.2021

The authorities try to reach agreement with Fortescue on electricity projects MOU

Three months after a visit to Djibouti by Andrew Forrest, the billionaire boss of Australia's Fortescue Metals Group (FMG), an online meeting is due to be held in mid-September between representatives of Ismaïl Omar Guelleh's presidential administration (IOG) and the mining group.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 30.08.2021

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Sudan fills diplomatic space abandoned by Addis

Sudanese prime minister Abdallah Hamdok has taken advantage of his position as chairman of regional, inter-governmental body IGAD to launch a series of diplomatic initiatives in the region.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 25.08.2021

IOG fears Tigray war domino effect in Afar regions

With the war in Tigray starting to spill over into the Afar region, interethnic tensions have been resurfacing either side of the border between Ethiopia and Djibouti amid a struggle for control of the Addis-Djibouti corridor.

Subscribers only Politics 26.07.2021

Inner circles
IOG makes key changes to top diplomatic posts in Africa, Asia and Gulf

Re-elected in April for a fifth five-year term, Djibouti's president has reshuffled a third of his ambassadors. In so doing, he has been careful not to upset the delicate balances he's cultivated to ensure his tiny country punches above its weight.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 23.07.2021

Djibouti's President Ismail Omar Guelleh.

Feltman gradually eclipses Booth

Washington's new Horn of Africa envoy has taken over many of the files previously handled by its envoy for the Sudans.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 05.07.2021

Jeffrey Feltman, new US special envoy for the Horn of Africa.

Addis Ababa and Djibouti about to call for bids for a second interconnection line

State-run electric companies Electricité de Djibouti (EdD) and Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) recently began looking for a consultant to work on a project to build the second power interconnection line between Ethiopia and Djibouti.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 05.07.2021

Regional expert Annette Weber appointed EU special envoy for Horn

The German academic Annette Weber, who takes on her new role on 1 July, will have her work cut out for her as she surveys a region marked by the conflict in Tigray, a complex election in Somalia and Sudan's fraught transition.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 01.07.2021

EU Special Representative for the Horn of Africa, Annette Weber.

IOG continues to ring the changes in ambassadorial corps

Having recalled seven ambassadors in early June and appointed nine others, the foreign ministry has begun sending new diplomats to foreign capitals. Several Arab countries are to get new Djiboutian ambassadors.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 23.06.2021

Fortescue hopes to score double on hydrogen

Australian mining magnate Fortescue, which is scouring the continent for renewable energy projects, has its sights set on a large-scale hydrogen project in Djibouti.

Subscribers only Energy, Mining, Business 21.06.2021

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Sisi tries containment tactics against Abiy's Renaissance dam

In his race to stop Ethiopia from filling its huge Renaissance dam, the Egyptian president is rallying the Nile Basin countries to his cause one by one.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 17.06.2021

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was received on 27 May 2021 in Djibouti by his counterpart Ismail Omar Guelleh.

IOG tries to mend fences with Moscow

Newly appointed foreign minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf led a Djiboutian delegation to Moscow last week.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 15.06.2021

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Djibouti's Foreign Minister Mahamoud Ali Youssouf.

IOG shakes up and rejuvenates diplomatic corps

After a government reshuffle in May, the Djiboutian president is now renewing his diplomatic staff.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 10.06.2021

French bosses union Medef revamps its African staff

The Africa branch of the French employers' association may be getting a new head of East Africa on top of the confirmed change of director.

Subscribers only Business 08.06.2021

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Djibouti

Jordana Rémon-Coubèche becomes Monaco's new consul in Djibouti

After Paris and Brussels, Obasanjo heads to New York

Macron strengthens cooperation with Sudanese intelligence

Macron bolsters French presence in Horn

Faced with ethnic tension, IOG reshuffles army top brass

IOG forges links with Monaco

Pandemic puts the brakes on China's military aid

Addis and Cairo's communication war heats up

UAE and China spar over Horn of Africa ports

Port of Djibouti barons at loggerheads

IOG sends his trade minister to Casablanca for training

MEDEF to finally visit Djibouti next year

The authorities try to reach agreement with Fortescue on electricity projects MOU

Spotlight
Sudan fills diplomatic space abandoned by Addis

IOG fears Tigray war domino effect in Afar regions

Inner circles
IOG makes key changes to top diplomatic posts in Africa, Asia and Gulf

Feltman gradually eclipses Booth

Addis Ababa and Djibouti about to call for bids for a second interconnection line

Regional expert Annette Weber appointed EU special envoy for Horn

IOG continues to ring the changes in ambassadorial corps

Fortescue hopes to score double on hydrogen

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Sisi tries containment tactics against Abiy's Renaissance dam

IOG tries to mend fences with Moscow

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Djibouti

Jordana Rémon-Coubèche becomes Monaco's new consul in Djibouti

After Paris and Brussels, Obasanjo heads to New York

Macron strengthens cooperation with Sudanese intelligence

Macron bolsters French presence in Horn

Faced with ethnic tension, IOG reshuffles army top brass

IOG forges links with Monaco

Pandemic puts the brakes on China's military aid

Addis and Cairo's communication war heats up

UAE and China spar over Horn of Africa ports

Port of Djibouti barons at loggerheads

IOG sends his trade minister to Casablanca for training

MEDEF to finally visit Djibouti next year

The authorities try to reach agreement with Fortescue on electricity projects MOU

Spotlight Sudan fills diplomatic space abandoned by Addis

IOG fears Tigray war domino effect in Afar regions

Inner circles IOG makes key changes to top diplomatic posts in Africa, Asia and Gulf

Feltman gradually eclipses Booth

Addis Ababa and Djibouti about to call for bids for a second interconnection line

Regional expert Annette Weber appointed EU special envoy for Horn

IOG continues to ring the changes in ambassadorial corps

Fortescue hopes to score double on hydrogen

Spotlight Sisi tries containment tactics against Abiy's Renaissance dam

IOG tries to mend fences with Moscow

IOG shakes up and rejuvenates diplomatic corps

French bosses union Medef revamps its African staff

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

DRC
The Tshisekedi clan's dangerous ties with cobalt looting "cartels"

Spotlight
Sudan fills diplomatic space abandoned by Addis

Inner circles
IOG makes key changes to top diplomatic posts in Africa, Asia and Gulf

Spotlight
Sisi tries containment tactics against Abiy's Renaissance dam