Djibouti

DUBAI, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Dubai-based port operator DP World accused Djibouti of illegally seizing control of Doraleh Container Terminal on Thursday, after the Djibouti government said it was unilaterally terminating DP World’s contract to run the terminal. “The Government of Djibouti today illegally seized...

Press-Release by Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) The Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), Dr. Workneh Gebeyehu, condemns in the strongest terms possible the criminal and cowardly attack on the Tadjourah Regiment of the...

Djibouti has ended a contract with Dubai's DP World, one of the world's biggest port operators, to run its Doraleh Container Terminal, the president's office said on Thursday. "The Republic of Djibouti has decided to proceed with the unilateral termination with immediate effect of the...

By: VOA JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN — Officials in South Sudan confirmed this month they have bought land on the coast of Djibouti to build a port. South Sudan says the port will be key for exporting the country’s...

Djibouti Shipping Company welcomes its first ship and the Tadjourah-Balho road receives first major cargo shipment. African Sun, first ship owned by Djibouti Shipping Company to bolster regional trade. Djibouti Shipping Company’s first ship (M/V African Sun) arrived in Djibouti on 19 July and is set...

by: Simeon Kerr in Dubai and John Aglionby in Nairobi DP World has won an arbitration case against the government of Djibouti, which claimed the Dubai ports operator made illegal payments to win a concession to operate a container terminal in the Red Sea African...

Eritrea is not a typically newsy African country – at least gauging by how much comes from other countries, the Horn of Africa nation is very low on news and more so, compared to its closest neighbours in the region – Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti...

ABIDJAN, March 27 (Reuters) – Djibouti’s port authority is in talks with French shipping company CMA CGM to develop a new $660 million container terminal and hopes to award the concession in July. Aboubakar Omar Hadi, chairman of the Djibouti Ports and Free Zone Authority...

Strengthening economic partnership will take center-stage during Djiboutian president's visit to Turkey By Addis Getachew DJIBOUTI-Economic partnership will take center stage during the upcoming visit of Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Guelleh to Turkey, says Turkish Ambassador to Djibouti. Ambassador Sadi Altinok told Anadolu Agency with regard to...

The renewed Djibouti-Eritrea border dispute is the first ripple effect of the Gulf crisis in Africa. by:Sultan Barakat @BARAKAT_Sultan Sultan Barakat is the director of Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies at the Doha Institute. by:Sansom Milton @SansomMilton Sansom Milton is a senior research fellow at the Doha Institute for...