Djibouti

Djibouti has accused Eritrea of occupying disputed territory along their border after Qatar withdrew a peacekeeping force earlier this week. Djiboutian officials say Eritrean troops took control of Dumeira Mountain and Dumeira Island on Wednesday, a day after Qatar removed 450 soldiers who had controlled...

DJIBOUTI, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Having sailed nearly 10,000 miles from China, the Chinese hospital ship Peace Ark has arrived in Djibouti, and is now providing free medical services to local people, when the temperature can reach 40 degree Celsius. Mahammad Hassan Abadid, 42, a...

Ethiopian Minister for Foreign Affairs,  Gedu Andargachewu held talks with President Ismael Omar Guelleh of Djibouti today (May 28) at the president’s palace. Following a warm welcome coupled with a congratulatory message to Foreign Minister Gedu on his new appointment, President Ismael Omar Guelleh reiterated...

The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and Germany have signed a 34 million Euros grant agreement during the 46th Ordinary Session of IGAD Council of Ministers being held in Djibouti today (February 27). The project grant will be used for migration and capacity building. Chairperson of...

Strategically placed at the entrance to the Red Sea, Djibouti is home to more foreign bases than any other country. DJIBOUTI — “World War III will start here.” We had been driving around the streets of this African city for more than an hour, and my...

Ethiopia and Djibouti have signed an agreement for the construction of a pipeline agreement, which would help to export Ethiopia’s natural gas. Ethiopia’s Minister of Mines and Petroleum, H.E. Dr Samuel Hurcato, and Minister of Energy in Charge of Natural Resources of Djibouti, H.E. Mrs. Yonis Guedi, signed...

Simon Allison in Djibouti A rocky, steep-banked promenade outlines the port of Djibouti. Old men use it for their late-afternoon constitutionals and the odd beggar sleeps on its benches. The breeze is thick with salt, which mostly disguises the faint tang of sewage. To understand what...

An Azerbaijani Airlines plane carrying humanitarian aid to Djibouti took off from the Heydar Aliyev International Airport in Baku on April 10. The humanitarian aid was sent by Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Emergency Situations under the instruction of the country’s President Ilham Aliyev. Deputy Minister of Emergency...

DUBAI, Sept 11 - DP World said on Tuesday it would continue to pursue all legal means in its dispute with the government of Djibouti which seized a port terminal operated by the company earlier this year. Djibouti this week nationalised shares held by the...

Horndiplomat-Recently, Ethiopia hosted the 14th Ethio-Djibouti Joint Ministerial Commission Meeting. The two sides concluded their meeting signing of the list of agreed minutes presented by the experts on the three clusters: Political, Security and Social Affairs; Economic and Commercial issues; and the Port and...