EU boosts aid to drought affected countries in HornofAfrica
This additional assistance brings EU humanitarian aid to the Horn of Africa region (including Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Djibouti) to nearly €260m since the beginning of the year.
“The situation in Horn of Africa has drastically deteriorated in 2017 and it keeps getting worse. Millions...
Djibouti Launches First Satellite, Djibouti 1A
By: SPACE IN AFRICA
The Republic of Djibouti has launched its first satellite, Djibouti 1A, today, from the Vandenberg Space Force Base onboard the SpaceX Transporter-9 dedicated SSO rideshare mission.
Developed through a...
Financially strained, Qatar’s clout in Africa diminishes
Several African countries have downgraded ties with Qatar, which has wielded influence in the continent since the 1990s
Cairo: Nearly four months on, the Gulf crisis is reshaping alliances in Africa and placing pressure on wavering countries in the continent, analysts have said.
In June, Saudi...
Djibouti’s COVID-19 cases rise to 1116 as 4 more confirmed
By: Jama Farah,Horndiplomat Contributor
Djibouti's confirmed COVID-19 cases reached 1116 after four more people were confirmed to have been infected with the COVID-19 virus, the Djiboutian Ministry of Health disclosed in a statement issued on Monday.
"We conducted medical tests on 366 people in the last...
Ethiopian Food Aid Jammed Up in Djibouti Port
DJIBOUTI CITY (IPS) - Bags of wheat speed down multiple conveyor belts to be heaved onto trucks lined up during the middle of a blisteringly hot afternoon beside the busy docks of Djibouti Port.
Once loaded, the trucks set off westward toward Ethiopia carrying food...
Ethiopian Airlines Expands Djibouti Flight Service
By:Ethiopianmonitor
ADDIS ABABA – Ethiopian Airlines is set to expand its services to Djibouti city with the addition of three weekly flights.The national flag carrier has announced today that the additional flights will start as of November 1, 2023.
Ethiopia, Djibouti eye strong electricity connectivity
By: Mohamed Duale
The governments of Ethiopia and Djibouti have expressed the need to augment electricity connectivity to spur socio-economic ties among the two neighboring countries.
This came as the Ethiopia-Djibouti 230-Kilo Volts...
Djibouti asks AU to deploy observers along its disputed border with Eritrea
Djibouti has asked the African Union to deploy observers along its disputed border with Eritrea after Qatar withdrew its peace-keeping troops two weeks ago, the Djibouti foreign minister said on Monday.
The Qataris were sent to the region after clashes broke out between Eritrea and...
Ethiopia, Djibouti agree to enhance security cooperation
Ethiopia and Djibouti on Friday vow to further bolster cooperation security and defence areas between the two countries.
The state-owned Ethiopia Broadcast Corporation reported that the joint defence committee of the two nations commenced in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Ethiopia and Djibouti established a joint defence committee...
Ethiopia, Djibouti, China to launch $4B nat. gas project
By Addis Getachew
Horndiplomat-Under the project, Ethiopia could export 10M cubic meters of LNG to China each year
Ethiopia says physical work on a massive $4 billion cooperative natural gas project between Ethiopia, Djibouti, and China will soon be launched.
The announcement was made Thursday by Ethiopian...