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Jean Castex ensures IOG has an election opponent

Thanks to a decree signed this Thursday by the French Prime Minister, the only candidate declared against the outgoing President Ismail Omar Guelleh will be able to compete in the presidential election of 9 April. [...] (382 words)

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DJIBOUTI
Ismaïl Omar Guelleh
Jean Castex
Mouvement pour le développement et l'équilibre de la nation djiboutienne
Pascal Loreau
RADDE
Service central de l'état-civil
Union pour le salut national
Zakaria Ismael Farah

French PM Castex to spend Christmas in the Horn

The French prime minister Jean Castex, who was in Chad last Christmas, will spend this year's celebration in Djibouti with France's 1500 troops based there. [...]

French Prime Minister Jean Castex spent New Year's Eve on January 31, 2020, in N'Djamena, Chad, with Barkhane soldiers. © Alexandra Lebon/Matignon

DJIBOUTI Defence Diplomacy 23/04/2021

Beijing and Washington shower favours on IOG's navy

In gifting two military vessels to Djibouti and developing its own naval base there, China is consolidating its influence on the Horn but the US has no intention of being left behind. Djibouti for its part is developing its own projects with Damen Shipyards. [...]

DJIBOUTI Energy Business 09/03/2021

The state sets up its own geothermal energy engineering company

Par un décret signé le 7 février, le président Ismaïl Omar Guelleh a créé la société commerciale Red Sea Drilling Company, qui vise à soutenir les ambitions du pays dans la géothermie - et plus particulièrement sur le site du lac d'Assal, dans le centre de Djibouti. [...]

DJIBOUTI Politics 02/03/2021

IOG's fifth presidential run begins off-kilter

Not all is well within President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh's party as he prepares to run for a fifth term. Two different campaign team lists were published less than 12 hours apart, showing signs of a heated internal battle. [...]

President of Djibouti Ismail Omar Guelleh. © Daniel Irungu/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

DJIBOUTI Business 18/02/2021

IOG overcomes hurdles to bag two contracts in Paris

When CAC 40 heavyweights met Djibouti's president and his team in Paris on 11 February there appeared to be some crossed wires. [...]

Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Guelleh at Medef International, 11 February 2021. © @IsmailOguelleh/Twitter

DJIBOUTI Diplomacy 04/02/2021

IOG finally gets his foot in the Elysée door

At long last, French president Emmanuel Macron will meet with his Djiboutian counterpart Ismaïl Omar Guelleh (IOG) on 12 February. [...]

Emmanuel Macron and Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, in 2017 in Paris. © Leon Tanguy/MaxPPP

DJIBOUTI Politics 26/01/2021

Guelleh seeks makeweight rival for April poll

While he waits for a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron, the Djibouti head of state Ismail Omar Guelleh is desperately looking for a challenger so as not to run alone in the 9 April election he counts on delivering him a fifth term in office. [...]

DJIBOUTI Diplomacy 14/12/2020

Djibouti's IOG aims to strengthen ties during visit to Paris

Ismaïl Omar Guelleh is scheduled to meet his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron late January in Paris to talk about energy sector investments, among other things. [...]

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DJIBOUTI Politics 03/10/2014

President IOG on track for fourth mandate

President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh (IOG) has to steer a path between the horns of a serious dilemma: normalise relations with the opposition to bring an end to the political crisis following the parliamentary elections in February 2013, but without nevertheless [. [...]

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DJIBOUTI ETHIOPIA Politics 04/07/2014

IOG puts himself under Addis’ protection

The plan for economic integration devised by Djibouti and neighbouring Ethiopia could ultimately lead to a kind of political unification between the two countries. During the last few weeks, certain Ethiopian dignitaries have hinted at it and one of them [. [...]

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Ismaïl Omar Guelleh
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Pascal Loreau
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Service central de l'état-civil
Union pour le salut national
Zakaria Ismael Farah

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