Port of Djibouti barons at loggerheads
State-run Port of Djibouti, the country's main source of income along, in equal measure, with the rent from foreign military bases, is in the throes of a management war. [...]
Ismael Omar Guelleh loses control of the ports, the country's principal resource
Following the funeral of the chairman of the Port of Djibouti authority Saad Omar Guelleh, half-brother of head of state Ismaël Omar Guelleh, Aboubaker Omar Hadi, head of the Djibouti Ports & Free Zones Authority, is steadily becoming the sector's strong man. The president's inner family circle is still very much present, however. Here, we take stock of the forces in competition. [...] (2005 words)
Issue dated 04/11/2019
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- DJIBOUTI
- 77 Logistics and Risk Management
- 77 Logistics International
- Abdourahman Mahamoud Boreh
- Abiy Ahmed Ali
- Aboubaker Omar Hadi
- Adam Farah Ibrahim
- Affassa Fozia
- Ahmed Osman Guelleh
- Ahmed Shide
- Ahmed Youssouf Omar
- Air Djibouti
- Ali Hassan Bahdon
- Badr Transit
- Bodeh Ahmed Robleh
- Boreh International
- China Merchants Holdings
- Darar Aden Moussa
- Djibouti Automobile and Heavy Equipment Zone
- Djibouti Central Bank
- Djibouti Dry Port FZCO
- Djibouti International Free Trade Zone
- Djibouti Ports & Free Zones Authority
- Djibouti Ports Corridor Road
- Doraleh Multipurpose Port
- Dourdour
- DP World
- East Africa Holdings
- Essence Management
- Goubet Trading Services
- Great Horn Investment Holdings
- GSK Group
- Guirreh Omar Guelleh
- Habon Abdourahman Cher
- Hassan Issa Sultan
- Hassan Saïd Khaireh
- Ismail Houssein
- Ismaïl Houssein Tani
- Jebel Ali Free Zone Authority
- Kadra Mahamoud Haïd
- Mahamoud Dirir Gheddi
- Mehdi Mohamed Gouled
- Mohamed Abdillahi Wais
- Mohamed Cheikho Hassan
- MultiLogistics
- Musa Bihi Abdi
- Nalin Kothari
- National Tourist Office
- Nima Mahamoud Nour
- Okar Transit Services
- Planet Shipping
- Port and Terminal Multiservices
- Port autonome international de Djibouti
- Port Labour Supplies
- Port of Djibouti
- Rubel SA
- Saad Omar Guelleh
- Said Omar Guelleh
- Salah Omar Guelleh
- Société de gestion du terminal à conteneurs de Djibouti
- Société djiboutienne d'industrie et de commerce
- Soprim
- Wahib Daher Aden
- World Bank
- World Maritime University
- Youssouf "Youyeh" Omar Guelleh
- Zeinab Kamil Ali
- ZK Avocat Conseil