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Daily World Briefing, July 7
Birmingham Star - Alabama
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China ready to promote flagship Belt and Road project, boost trade, investment with Ethiopia -- Premier Li China stands ready to work with Ethiopia to promote the sustainable development of the Addis Ababa-Djibouti Railway, a flagship project of...
Nigerian travellers pay N274,500 different taxes on each international flight – Findings
Business Hallmark
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July 7, 2025
Air passengers flying out of Nigeria are paying one of the highest amounts in taxes and charges across Africa, with an average cost of $180 (N275,500) per international departure, nearly three times the continental average of $68, according to a...
Army combat patch OK’d for soldiers sent to certain countries after Hamas attack on Israel
Stars and Stripes - Washington D.C
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Paratroopers assigned to the Army's 82nd Airborne Division receive combat patches at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Feb. 28, 2024. Soldiers deployed to select countries in the U.S. Central Command and U.S. Africa Command areas of responsibility between...
Rising tensions in the Horn of Africa
Geopolitical Intelligence Services
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July 7, 2025
Geopolitical ambitions, ethnic divisions and contested access to the sea and fresh water are intensifying anxieties in Ethiopia, Eritrea and the Tigray region. The port of Massawa is one of the largest natural deepwater ports on the Red Sea and is...
Foreign Minister IWAYA's Meeting With H.E. Mr. Dileita Mohamed Dileita, President Of The National Assembly Of The Republic Of Djibouti
MENAFN
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June 13, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) On June 13, commencing at 5:15 p.m. for approximately 20 minutes, Mr. IWAYA Takeshi, Minister for Foreign Affairs, held a meeting with H.E. Mr. Dileita Mohamed Dileita, President of the National Assembly of the Republic of...
China, Djibouti pledge to deepen cooperation on FOCAC outcomes
Africanews
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June 12, 2025
China stands ready to work with Djibouti to fully implement the outcomes of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) Beijing Summit, said Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Wednesday when he met with Djibouti's Foreign Minister Abdoulkader...
IOM mobilizes urgent aid after tragic incident off Djibouti coast
Azertag
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June 12, 2025
Baku, June 12, AZERTAC The International Organization for Migration (IOM), in close coordination with Djiboutian authorities, is scaling up its humanitarian response following a tragic incident off the coast of Djibouti that left at least eight...
8 migrants die, 22 missing off Djibouti
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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June 12, 2025
8 migrants die, 22 missing off Djibouti NAIROBI, Kenya -- The U.N. migration agency said Wednesday that eight migrants died and 22 others were missing after they were forced off a boat near the Djiboutian coast. The International Organization for...
UN launches rescue operation after eight drown off Djibouti coast
Radio Habana Cuba
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June 12, 2025
The International Organization for Migration says group of 150 were forced off boat by smugglers and made to swim to shore. A map of Djibouti, on the northeast coast of the Horn of Africa (Al Jazeera) Yibuti, June 12 (RHC)-- Eight refugees and...
Eight dead as migrants forced off boat near Djibouti: IOM
Bangladesh Sangsbad Sangstha
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Eight dead as migrants forced off boat near Djibouti: IOM ADDIS ABABA, June 11, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - At least eight people died and 22 were missing after smugglers forced migrants to disembark from a boat in the Red Sea, the UN's migration agency said...
UN launches rescue operation after eight migrants die off Djibouti
Euronews
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By Gavin Blackburn with AP Published on 11/06/2025 - 18:31 GMT+2 The UN migration agency said on Wednesday that eight migrants died and 22 others are missing after they were forced off a boat near the coast of Djibouti. The...
UN launches rescue operation after eight die off Djibouti coast; 22 missing
Al Jazeera
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June 11, 2025
The International Organization for Migration says group of 150 were forced off boat by smugglers and made to swim to shore. Eight refugees and migrants have died and 22 others are missing after they were forced off a boat near the Djibouti coast,...
Urgent: China ready to promote flagship Belt and Road project, boost trade, investment with Ethiopia, says Premier Li
Xinhua News Agency
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RIO DE JANEIRO, July 6 (Xinhua) -- China stands ready to work with Ethiopia to promote the sustainable development of the Addis Ababa-Djibouti Railway, a flagship project of the high-quality Belt and Road cooperation, and expand bilateral trade...
At least 8 migrants dead, 22 missing after incident off Djibouti coast
Xinhua News Agency
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ADDIS ABABA, June 11 (Xinhua) -- At least eight migrants have died and 22 others are missing after smugglers forced them to disembark off the coast of Djibouti, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Wednesday. According to a...
Eight drown as migrants forced off boat near Djibouti
Dawn
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June 12, 2025
ADDIS ABABA: At least eight people died and 22 were missing after smugglers forced migrants to disembark from a boat in the Red Sea, the UN’s migration agency said on Wednesday. The boat had around 150 passengers when it was stopped by the...
Eight killed in migrant boat attack off Djibouti
The Express Tribune
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June 12, 2025
ADDIS ABABA: At least eight people died and 22 were missing after smugglers attacked a migrant boat and forced them to disembark, the UN's migration agency said on Wednesday. The boat was carrying around 150 passengers when it was stopped by...
Eight Killed as Smugglers Force Migrants Overboard in Djibouti
News Central TV
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June 11, 2025
At least eight people have died and 22 others remain missing after a boat carrying approximately 150 migrants, likely en route to Yemen, was intercepted by smugglers and its passengers forced overboard on June 5. “These young people were forced...
Shanxi doctors devoted to medical mission in Djibouti
China Daily Global
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Two members of China's 23rd foreign medical aid team to Djibouti celebrate a successful surgery with their local patient and colleagues at a hospital in Djibouti in November 2024. CHINA DAILY Zhu Feng's first glimpse into a career in medicine came...
US deports eight men to South Sudan after legal battle
BBC
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July 6, 2025
The US has deported eight people to South Sudan following a legal battle that saw them diverted to Djibouti for several weeks. The men - convicted of crimes including murder, sexual assault and robbery - had either completed or were near the end...
ICE agents and their prisoners left stranded in shipping container in Djibouti
Radio Habana Cuba
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June 8, 2025
Washington, June 8 (RHC)-- Nearly a dozen ICE agents have been left stranded alongside a group of eight deportees in a converted shipping container at a U.S. military base in Djibouti. That’s according to an extraordinary document filed in federal...