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President’s family divided over regional elections

The regional elections to be held on Feb. 24 have provoked divisions within the family of President Ismail Omar Guelleh [...] (268 words)

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Abdallah Mohamed Kamil
Abdoulkader Houmed Mohamed
Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed
Alliance Citoyenne pour la Concorde et la Democratie
Bodeh Ahmed Bodeh
Coordination des associations de Balbala
Djama Elmi Okieh
Ismail Omar Guelleh
Kadra Mahmoud Haid
Naguib Abdallah Kamil
Rassemblement Populaire pour le Progres
Union de la Majorite Presidentielle

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The Tadjourah crisis is proving a challenge for IOG

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Dirieh Hachi Youfis promoted by Ilyas Moussa Dawaleh

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Abdallah Mohamed Kamil
Abdoulkader Houmed Mohamed
Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed
Alliance Citoyenne pour la Concorde et la Democratie
Bodeh Ahmed Bodeh
Coordination des associations de Balbala
Djama Elmi Okieh
Ismail Omar Guelleh
Kadra Mahmoud Haid
Naguib Abdallah Kamil
Rassemblement Populaire pour le Progres
Union de la Majorite Presidentielle

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The RPP seeks to dominate the field in 2021

The succession battle: a storm in a teacup after the cyclone

Djama Speed stirs up trouble

Mounting tensions in the UMP amid a power vacuum

In the absence of a reshuffle, tensions mount

The troubles of Ilyas Moussa Dawaleh

A succession race at daggers drawn!

Does Dileita's future lie in Haramous?

How the RPP is tearing itself apart

The Tadjourah crisis is proving a challenge for IOG

Dirieh Hachi Youfis promoted by Ilyas Moussa Dawaleh

Djama Speed's media antics provoke the ire of the RPP big guns

Who is preparing the legislative elections of February 2018?

The PM and minister of the interior organise a rearguard action

A hot summer for some in high places

Robleh seeks to quit government

Interior minister suspected of faking attacks

Frigid atmosphere at dinner for Paul Kagame

Guelleh puts the squeeze on would-be successors

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Starting gun fired in battle for Guelleh’s succession

Ethiopian soldiers discreetly cross the border

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Djama snubbed by the sultan of Tadjourah

Afar discontent increases against government

The presidential family is torn over power vacuum

Guelleh seeks protection from his own army

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