Djibouti

Ethiopia expects to open its standard gauge railway line linking the capital Addis Ababa with the Red Sea state of Djibouti in October 2016. This project is at the heart of plans to create new manufacturing firms in Ethiopia and to boost trade. The...

DJIBOUTI —  U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has visited Djibouti, the tiny east African nation that is home to the United States’ only military base on the continent, in his sweeping tour of the Middle East and Horn of Africa. Mattis called Djibouti, located on the...

WASHINGTON, June 2nd 2017 – In support of the government of Djibouti’s goal of achieving universal access to electricity by 2035, the World Bank is launching a new project to bring the benefits of electricity to around 14,000 of the poorest households (or around...

By: XINHUA Youssouf Warsama Youssouf, a 17-year-old second-year student at the Djibouti State High School, recalled the moment he started developing an interest in studying Mandarin in a recent interview with Xinhua. "I...

Horndiplomat-Unique facial and body markings are used across the Horn of Africa to enhance female beauty, reports James Jeffrey adding that though popular and colorful, “ some are more controversial than others” Elegant touch In Somaliland, where woman have a reputation for elegance and paying attention...

BY: IGAD The 41st Extraordinary Assembly of the IGAD Heads of State and Government was held on Saturday, 9th December 2023, in Djibouti, Republic of Djibouti, on the situation in Sudan and was chaired by H.E. Ismail Omar Guelleh, President...

UN chief Antonio Guterres to be among those attending Sunday's signing ceremony in western city of Jeddah. The leaders of Ethiopia and Eritrea will attend a summit in Saudi Arabia on Sunday to sign a peace agreement "cementing" the relations between the two former Horn of Africa bitter rivals, according to...

BY JONATHAN KAIMAN AND NOAH FOWLER BISHOFTU, Ethiopia—The shoe factory felt endless. Thousands of Ethiopians in yellow and red jumpsuits sat in neat rows beneath a cavernous ceiling, assembling, inspecting, and packaging women’s shoes. Overhead, red banners flaunted slogans in English, Chinese, and Amharic, Ethiopia’s...

Horndiplomat-The first cargo plane owned by Air Djibouti, the flag carrier of the Red Sea state of Djibouti, landed at the Hargeisa Igal International Airport on Wednesday .Horndiplomat reports Government ministers, legislators and the Djiboutian consulate to Somaliland welcomed the maiden flight at the two...

By M.A. Egge Officials of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Somaliland participated in a conference meeting in Ethiopia to discuss crimes perpetrated at the sea. The delegation of Somaliland led...