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IOG gets support from Gulf States to counter UAE

Failing to break the ice with the UAE, President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh is trying to thaw his country’s relations with Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Qatar. IOG has managed to win the Gulf countries back to his country, using Djibouti’s strategic [...] (608 words)

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DJIBOUTI
Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi
Abdourahman Mahamoud Boreh
Ali Abdallah Saleh
Bernard Borrel
Djama Ali Guelleh
Djibouti International Manpower
DP World
Dya-Eddine Saïd Bamakhrama
Electricite de Djibouti
Emirates National Oil Co
Ghanem bin Shaheen al-Ghanem
Gulf Cooperation Council
Hamad Al Shahwani
Horizon Djibouti Terminals
Ismaïl Omar Guelleh
Kahramaa
Manpower
Mohamed bin Nayef
Mohamed Saleh Alhoumekani
Qatar Development Fund
Sahal Amarkak
Salman bin Abdulaziz al Saud
Zakaria Cheikh Ibrahim

French intelligence memo envisages post-Ismail Omar Guelleh transition…

The Indian Ocean Newsletter has obtained a copy of an unsigned memo concerning "the opportunity to encourage a political dialogue [...]

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Further legal setback for Ismail Omar Guelleh against Abdourahman Mahamoud Boreh

The legal duel between the Djiboutian president and his former friend turned adversary is getting personal… [...]

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DJIBOUTI SOMALIA 13/07/2018

The murky world of arms supplies to the Horn

After interviewing sources in Djibouti and Somalia, The Indian Ocean Newsletter has gathered revealing information regarding the provenance and destination of arms transiting through Djibouti. It is a slickly run operation and the authorities, though they may not officially endorse [. [...]

HORN OF AFRICA UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 13/01/2017

Will the United Arab Emirates control the Red Sea’s African coastline?

Already running commercial ports in Djibouti and Berbera, the UAE are developing more and more military installations on the Red Sea, to Ethiopia’s consternation. [...]

SOMALILAND 16/09/2016

Egypt and UAE common front against Houthis

A fact-finding mission made up of Egyptian and UAE officers has just examined the possibility of using Berbera airport in [...]

EAST AFRICA 29/07/2016

The war in Yemen has resulted in a recomposition of Arab-African alliances

Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates (UAE), who are allies of circumstance in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), are moving into East Africa so as to combat the Houthi rebels in Yemen more effectively. Behind their shared wish to control the Red Sea, however, both are courting countries in the region in the service of their own interests. [...]

DJIBOUTI 17/06/2016

Challenges in store for Nayel & Bin Harmal’s mall project

The UAE group wants to turn Djibouti into another Sharm el-Sheikh. But it is far from certain that the country can really afford such an energy-hungry infrastructure. [...]

DJIBOUTI 04/03/2016

Obock peasants angered by State land grab

The launch of a fish farm in Obock with government backing has sparked protests. With elections looming on the horizon, IOG is trying to calm things down. [...]

DJIBOUTI 05/02/2016

Freight company reforms favour IOG’s people

With price reforms to harmonise freight tariffs, obstacles in obtaining operating licences and reattribution of new free trade zones, the [...]

DJIBOUTI 18/12/2015

Green Enesys signs a monster contract for green megawatts

After months of excitement and facing international competition, the German developer of green energy projects has emerged despite its many detractors. [...]

DJIBOUTI 04/12/2015

Yacin Elmi Bouh, perpetual presidential hopeful, to lead CENI

With the presidential election looming ahead in April 2016, President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh intends to appoint former interior minister Yacin [...]

DJIBOUTI 04/12/2015

Sanction against Electricité de Djibouti ’s CEO

Djama Ali Guelleh, the powerful CEO of Electricite de Djibouti [...]

DJIBOUTI 04/12/2015

Chinese military base in return for loan rescheduling

The ministers of foreign affairs, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, and finance, [...]

DJIBOUTI 20/11/2015

Al Hamra eyeing a contract to secure the ports

According to our sources, the Emirates company supplying security systems [...]

DJIBOUTI 20/11/2015

IOG officialises he is running for a fourth term via the media

Ismaïl Omar Guelleh invited the French publications Jeune Afrique and [...]

DJIBOUTI 20/11/2015

Riyadh puts its army on the coast

President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh never misses an opportunity to go to Riyadh to celebrate his good relations with King Salman [...]

DJIBOUTI 06/11/2015

Dileita Mohamed Dileita, the man who tipped the balance in the Boreh trial

How will Djibouti's former Prime Minister Dileita Mohamed Dileita be greeted by the government when he gets back from the [...]

DJIBOUTI 06/11/2015

Prime Minister’s brother-in-law to build new social housing

The Prime Minister’s office signed an over-the-counter contract in late [...]

DJIBOUTI 06/11/2015

IOG’s son finds it hard to swallow lack of Senex’s pasta sales

The pasta manufacturing company Senex, owned by Liban Omar Guelleh, [...]

DJIBOUTI 06/11/2015

Free trade zones to be vacated to make way for Chinese army

Three weeks before the launch of the official campaign for the presidential election on 25 March 2016, President Ismaïl Omar [...]

DJIBOUTI 06/11/2015

Prime Minister annoys the President Guelleh

After the Council of Ministers on 4 November, Abdoulkader Mohamed [...]

DJIBOUTI 06/11/2015

Agriculture Minister makes bad investment

The Minister of Agriculture, Mohamed Ahmed Awaleh, is in the [...]

DJIBOUTI 23/10/2015

What Ismail Omar Guelleh negotiated in Saudi Arabia

During his official visit to Riyadh on 18 and 19 October, the Djibouti Head of State Ismaïl Omar Guelleh (IOG) [...]

DJIBOUTI 25/09/2015

IOG could be called as witness in Boreh trial

On 11 September, the British High Court Judge, Julian Martin Flaux held another meeting with the lawyers for the two [...]

DJIBOUTI 11/09/2015

Crisis with Abu Dhabi appears to ease

While talks could lead in late September to Djibouti nationals being granted visas to the United Arab Emirates, stumbling blocks still remain. [...]

Insiders DJIBOUTI 19/06/2015

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

Since he became president in 1999, Ismaïl Omar Guelleh (IOG) has built his core power base on members of his [...]

Le président djiboutien Ismail Omar Guelleh. © Reuters

DJIBOUTI 29/05/2015

China ousts Americans from Obock

Djibouti has officially asked the United States to leave their military installations at Obock. "The Indian Ocean Newsletter" carries out an exclusive investigation. [...]

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DJIBOUTI 15/05/2015

Clash with Abu Dhabi remodels regional alliances

Following the altercation in Djibouti on 27 April between Wahib Moussa Kalinleh, the commander of Forces aériennes djiboutiennes (FAD – Djibouti air force), and Ali Al Shihi, Vice Consul of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Djibouti and the UAE broke [. [...]

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DJIBOUTI
Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi
Abdourahman Mahamoud Boreh
Ali Abdallah Saleh
Bernard Borrel
Djama Ali Guelleh
Djibouti International Manpower
DP World
Dya-Eddine Saïd Bamakhrama
Electricite de Djibouti
Emirates National Oil Co
Ghanem bin Shaheen al-Ghanem
Gulf Cooperation Council
Hamad Al Shahwani
Horizon Djibouti Terminals
Ismaïl Omar Guelleh
Kahramaa
Manpower
Mohamed bin Nayef
Mohamed Saleh Alhoumekani
Qatar Development Fund
Sahal Amarkak
Salman bin Abdulaziz al Saud
Zakaria Cheikh Ibrahim

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French intelligence memo envisages post-Ismail Omar Guelleh transition…

Further legal setback for Ismail Omar Guelleh against Abdourahman Mahamoud Boreh

The murky world of arms supplies to the Horn

Will the United Arab Emirates control the Red Sea’s African coastline?

Egypt and UAE common front against Houthis

The war in Yemen has resulted in a recomposition of Arab-African alliances

Challenges in store for Nayel & Bin Harmal’s mall project

Obock peasants angered by State land grab

Freight company reforms favour IOG’s people

Green Enesys signs a monster contract for green megawatts

Yacin Elmi Bouh, perpetual presidential hopeful, to lead CENI

Sanction against Electricité de Djibouti ’s CEO

Chinese military base in return for loan rescheduling

Al Hamra eyeing a contract to secure the ports

IOG officialises he is running for a fourth term via the media

Riyadh puts its army on the coast

Dileita Mohamed Dileita, the man who tipped the balance in the Boreh trial

Prime Minister’s brother-in-law to build new social housing

IOG’s son finds it hard to swallow lack of Senex’s pasta sales

Free trade zones to be vacated to make way for Chinese army

Prime Minister annoys the President Guelleh

Agriculture Minister makes bad investment

What Ismail Omar Guelleh negotiated in Saudi Arabia

IOG could be called as witness in Boreh trial

Crisis with Abu Dhabi appears to ease

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

China ousts Americans from Obock

Clash with Abu Dhabi remodels regional alliances

Saleh Al Attar keeps busy in Morocco

Nuclear counterintelligence service mooted

Asmara used for strikes against Houthi

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