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Djibouti
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 [...]

Published on 20.11.2015 at 03:30 GMT

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

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Guinea
Behind the scenes of Mamadi Doumbouya's offensive on Russian miner Nordgold

DRC
Dan Gertler's billions of dollars in royalties at heart of huge legal battle

Djibouti
Riyadh puts its army on the coast

Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia
Saudis thick on ground in Addis

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

Spotlight | Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia
US-Arab cold war in the Horn of Africa

Djibouti
The Chinese military lands

Djibouti
IOG makes promises to APF following threats of sanctions

Djibouti
Al Hamra eyeing a contract to secure the ports

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

Djibouti
Paris and Djibouti squabbling

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

Spotlight | Djibouti
IOG gets support from Gulf States to counter UAE

Djibouti
What Ismail Omar Guelleh negotiated in Saudi Arabia

Djibouti
Crisis with Abu Dhabi appears to ease

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

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