Djibouti

By: KICKOFF Former FC Barcelona and Arsenal midfielder Alexandre Song says his move to Artar Solar 7 is to promote football in the little known African nation of Djibouti. Song, 33, signed a one-year contract with an option to extend a further year with the 2020...

ANKARA Several African nations offered condolences Saturday to Turkey after a deadly earthquake hit the Aegean coast. Thirty-nine people were killed and nearly 900 injured after a magnitude-6.6 earthquake jolted Izmir on Friday, the country's health minister said Saturday. Somalia's President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmaajo said: “We...

by: DAILY SABAH The first container ship of the Djibouti Shipping Company, which will exclusively operate between Turkey, Djibouti and Somalia, was launched during a ceremony on Friday. The new sea route will reduce shipping time from 35 to 50 days to just nine to...

By: MoDuale British long-distance runner Mo Farah has been appointed Ambassador of Djibouti Ports and Free Zones Authority. Farah was named ambassador on the day Djibouti set up the redevelopment of the historical port into a Business district. “We are delighted to be joined by Mo Farah at...

By:face2faceafrica Djibouti is capitalizing on its strategic location on one of the world’s busiest trade routes to build Africa’s largest free trade zone area. The Horn of Africa nation controls the Bab el-Mandeb (“Gate of Tears” in Arabic) which is a crucial chokepoint at the entrance to the...

The IOM said on Sunday that there are at least "8 migrants dead and 12 are missing at sea" after being forced off a boat by smugglers off the coast of Djibouti. The migrants were traveling from Yemen, the UN organization added. The UN migration...

BY: MODuale A delegation of Turkish investors visited Djibouti International Free Trade Zone on Monday, the delegation led by Djibouti's Ambassador to Turkey Aden Houssein Abdillahi. This delegation included Salim Metin, CEO of Corbus Steel, Fikret Kamer, the CEO de BRN BED, Sleep Products and Suleyman Turgut,...

By: Djibouti Ports and Free Zones Authority In April, Djibouti Shipping Company acquired its first ship, M/V Africa Sun, a common user feeder vessel with 1118 TEU capacity. Sailing with the Djibouti flag, the ship set sail from the Port of Mersin in Turkey and arrived in...

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: Staff Writer Djibouti's foreign minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf confirmed in a tweet on Tuesday that Djibouti is preparing the ground for successful negotiations between Somalia and Somaliland. Horndiplomat reports  "On the resumption of the Somalia Somaliland talks at the technical committees level, Djibouti is preparing the...