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Presidential clan has everything sewn up

The start of a third presidential mandate by Ismaïl Omar Guelleh (IOG) proves that the time for change has not yet come. It is true that IOG has dropped a number of the ministers he did not like and brought [...] (791 words)

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Abdi Elmi Achkir
Aden Ali Abdi
Ali Hassan Bahdon
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Dileita Mohamed Dileita
Djama Elmi Okieh
Djama Haïd, ambassador-maker
Djama Mahamoud Haid
Fatouma-Awo
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Grand ambition and puny methods
Haibado Ismaïl Omar
Hassan Madobe
Hassan Saïd Kaireh
Ilyas Moussa Dawaleh
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Ismaïl Omar Guelleh
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Kaireh Hassan Saïd
Kempinski
Moussa Darar
Naguib
Nazli
Osman
Saad Omar Guelleh
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DJIBOUTI
Abdallah Mohamed Kamil
Abdi Elmi Achkir
Aden Ali Abdi
Ali Hassan Bahdon
Banque centrale de Djibouti
Dileita Mohamed Dileita
Djama Elmi Okieh
Djama Haïd, ambassador-maker
Djama Mahamoud Haid
Fatouma-Awo
FRUD
Grand ambition and puny methods
Haibado Ismaïl Omar
Hassan Madobe
Hassan Saïd Kaireh
Ilyas Moussa Dawaleh
Independent Construction
IOG’s family in the front row
Ismaïl Omar Guelleh
Kadra Mahamoud Haid
Kaireh Hassan Saïd
Kempinski
Moussa Darar
Naguib
Nazli
Osman
Saad Omar Guelleh
Service de Documentation et de Securite

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Outbreak of friendliness between Abdourahman Boreh and Ismail Omar Guelleh

Abdoulkarim Nour Hassan targeted by the first lady

Guelleh in Paris ; An En Marche party in Djibouti ?

The interior minister out on a limb

Ismail Omar Guelleh governs family-style with Kadra, Naguib, Saad and co

Two of Ismail Tani’s allies pushed aside

Ilyas Dawaleh's London lobbying upset

Djama Mahamoud Haïd’s bedside visitors

Djama Mahamoud Haïd’s friends at his bedside

BCD deprived of its governor

The rebels hit the news again

FRUD-armé rebels in the news again

The end has indeed come for ICC

Dileita Mohamed Dileita on the way out

Finance minister goes lobbying

IOG approves two new parties

Dawaleh family's good deals Free

President IOG’s accident is a family affair

First Lady still very influential

IOG does not like criticism of his country

Repeated requests for United States' military aid

Army tormented by social malaise

Tough negotiations on Djibouti’s ambassadors

Ambassador thought his job was safe

Proof that IOG feared he might lose Free

IOG’s favourable treatment for ICC

IOG's recipe to bolster his ratings

Waiting for an unlikely change

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