Djibouti

A new railway line connecting Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa to the port city of Djibouti is set to be officially inaugurated next month. A government-organized media tour Saturday touted the flagship project, mostly funded by China, and set to officially open in October. The railway line,...

By:ANADOLU AGENCY A magnitude 4.9 earthquake hit small Horn of Africa nation Djibouti on Thursday morning.The government of Djibouti, which confirmed the earthquake, said that the earthquake shook Djibouti around 4:22 a.m. local time with an intensity of...

RIYADH: Two memorandums of understanding (MoUs) and a bilateral agreement were signed on the sidelines of a Saudi-Djibouti businessmen forum in Djibouti earlier this week. The MoUs were signed to rehabilitate King Fahd Road in Djibouti, and a grant was offered to support the health...

The quarrel between Djibouti and Somalia seems past. Somali President Mohamed Farmajo was Thursday, August 16 in Djibouti where he met with his counterpart Ismail Omar Guelleh. The two countries have only boasted of their bonds of friendship and good understanding. Yet before this day, the context...

RIYADH: The Kingdom and Djibouti have signed a cooperation agreement to combat religious extremism and terrorism, Djibouti Ambassador in Riyadh Diaa-Eddin Saed Bamakhrama told Arab News on Monday. The deal was signed in Makkah by Djibouti Minister of Islamic Affairs, Culture and Endowments Moumin Hassan...

Addis Ababa, October 23, 2018 (FBC) – In a meeting convened in Khartoum on Monday, the IGAD chiefs of staff discussed the deployment of the IGAG forces in South Sudan and decided to assess the needs on the ground before to take further steps. The...

By:Staff writer Somaliland Foreign Minister Isse keyd  met his Djibouti counterpart Mohamoud Ali Yusuf in Djibouti on Tuesday to discuss the bilateral ties and regional issues. "Meeting this morning with my Somaliland counterpart, Minister Dr. Isse Kayd accompanied by the Minister of Defense: in-depth talks on...

By: Mohamed Duale Editor-in-Chief @HornDiplomat  Tweets @MohamadDuale Horndiplomat-The Djibouti government Reacts to the concerns of the political analysts that new era of peace and prosperity for the Horn of Africa would be Isolated in Djibouti. The Djibouti Foreign Minister Mohamed Ali Yusuf posted on his twitter said countries in the...

President Paul Kagame  and the First Lady Jeannette Kagame this morning arrived Djibouti for a two-day State visit, as Rwanda looks to strengthen ties with the country in the Horn of Africa. President’s visit to Djibouti is reciprocal – following his counterpart Ismael Omar Guelleh’s...

JEDDAH: Djibouti is looking at the example set by Saudi Arabia as it looks to bolster its own tourism industry, a minister from the African republic said. Djibouti’s Minister of Trade and Tourism Hassan Ibrahim praised the efforts of the Kingdom in travel and tourism,...