Djibouti

LUC ADEN

The governor of Djibouti's central bank, Banque Nationale de Djibouti, Luc Aden, is to give up his functions about mid-November [...]

TWO MINISTERS FIRED

Head of state Hassan Gouled Aptidon dismissed the minister for youth, sports and cultural affairs Mohamed Ibrahim Mohamed Sultan and [...]

PRD SEES THINGS DARKLY

The second congress of Parti du Renouveau Démocratique (PRD, opposition), due to have been held at Obock in the northern [...]

PROFITABLE REFUGEES

According to an Arab diplomatic sources, Saudi Arabia and Djibouti are studying the possibility of the Horn of Africa country [...]

Ethiopian head of state Meles Zenawi made an official visit [...]

FRANÇOIS RIVIERE

The former deputy director of Caisse Française de Développement in [...]

SPLIT CONFIRMED IN FRUD

In a communique dated September 28 and signed by Mohamed Adoyta Yussuf, the Front pour la Restauration de l'Unité et [...]

Djibouti's finance minister Ahmed Aden Yussuf and the United States [...]

MELES ZENAWI

Ethiopia's head of state arrived in Djibouti on October 3 [...]

JEAN MICHEL POUCHELE

The president of the humanitarian NGO SOS Africa was arrested [...]

BORDER POSTS REOPEN

Djibouti's border posts at Loyada (on its frontier with Somaliland) and Galafi (on the western frontier with Ethiopia) have been [...]

Major Mohamed Outeh Robleh and major Hussein Djama of the [...]

PROMISES, PROMISES

A delegation from the Franco-Djibouti friendship group of France's Senate was in Djibouti last week, led by senator Paul D'Ornano [...]

A REFUSAL FRONT IN PEACE NEGOTIATIONS

The Front Uni de l'Opposition Djiboutienne (FUOD) headed by Mohamed Ahmed Issa (aka Cheiko) announced on September 21 that second [...]

PEACE TALKS PRESS ON

Secret peace talks between delegations of the Djibouti government and the opposition movement Front pour la Restauration de l'Unité et [...]

A CATEGORIC 'NO' TO IMF

According to information obtained by The Indian Ocean Newsletter, the Djibouti government remains very hostile to pressure from the French [...]

JEAN-MARIE MOMAL

According to information obtained by The Indian Ocean Newsletter from diplomatic sources, France's present ambassador to Brunei, Jean-Marie Momal, is [...]

JEAN-JACQUES MOULINE

Recently received by Djibouti's prime minister Barkat Gourad Hamadou, the new head of the French mission for cooperation and cultural [...]

MINERAL STUDIES

The African Development Bank is expected to approve a financial package of US$1.7 million shortly for a planning and development [...]