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USAID/DJIBOUTI Workforce Development Project: Graduation Ceremonies for 475 Trained Djiboutian Youth
July 24th was an important day for 155 youth in Gabode who successfully completed 18 days of Work Ready Now! training under the USAID Workforce Development Program (WFD), implemented by Education Development Center (EDC) in collaboration with the...
DG Okonjo-Iweala underscores importance of partnerships to support LDCs
Co-organized by Djibouti, Finland and the Executive Secretariat of the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF), the event focused on strengthening international partnerships in support of LDC trade and investment priorities. The vision for EIF Phase...
Research Deliver Insight into Djibouti Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband Market 2019-2023
WiseGuyReports.com “Djibouti - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses” report has been added to its Research Database. PUNE, MAHARASTRA, INDIA, March 12, 2019 /EINPresswire.com/ -- WiseGuyReports.com “Djibouti - Telecoms,...
London Tribunal rules that Djibouti has breached Doraleh Container Terminal’s rights
Download logo Doraleh Container Terminal SA (DCT), a Djibouti port operator owned 33.34% by DP World Group, and 66.66% by Port de Djibouti S.A., an entity of the Republic of Djibouti, has been successful in the London Court of International...
The China Merchants in Djibouti: from the maritime to the digital silk roads (by Thierry Pairault)
Download logo byThierry Pairault Overall Context* Translated from French (Source : Espace Géographique et Société Marocaine) The article examines the financial and trade aspects of China Merchants’ presence in Djibouti, particularly in its port....
Djibouti: IMF Executive Board Concludes 2015 Article IV Consultation
Press Release No. 15/587 December 28, 2015 On December 4, 2015, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation discussions1 with Djibouti, and considered and endorsed the staff appraisal without...
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Death Toll Mounts as Search Continues for Survivors of Djibouti Boat Tragedy
Download logo International Organization for Migration (IOM) staff based in Obock, on Djibouti’s Red Sea coast, are reporting Wednesday that a total of 16 survivors have been recovered from Tuesday’s sea tragedy. Through noon local time (GMT+3),...
More than 130 Migrants reported missing following two shipwrecks off Djibouti Coast
Download logo More than 130 migrants went missing on Tuesday morning (29 January) off the coast of Djibouti after two boats capsized. The tragedy occurred off Godoria, a locality in the Obock region of northeast Djibouti. After being alerted by...
Ethiopia and Djibouti’s renewed resolve for cooperation and economic integration
Download logo The meeting was held in a spirit of brotherhood that reflected the excellent relations between the two countries. At the same time, it also provided a unique platform for both countries, to serve as a venue for the determination of...
Legal battle for control of Djibouti Ports comes to Hong Kong
One of the world’s largest port operators has sued a Chinese state enterprise in Hong Kong over infringement of its exclusive port agreement with a strategically located African nation, in the city’s first court case involving China’s Belt and...
From Global Times: Djibouti denies being ‘induced’ by Chinese firm to breach contract
Loans from China ‘shape Djibouti’s economic development’ BEIJING, Nov. 08, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A senior Djibouti government official dismissed the accusation that the African country was "illegally induced" by a Chinese company to breach a...
IMF Staff Concludes the 2018 Article IV Consultation Mission in Djibouti
December 19, 2018 End-of-Mission press releases include statements of IMF staff teams that convey preliminary findings after a visit to a country. The views expressed in this statement are those of the IMF staff and do not necessarily represent...
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Will Djibouti Become Latest Country to Fall Into China’s Debt Trap?
Djibouti lies more than 2,500 miles from Sri Lanka but the East African country faces a predicament similar to what its peer across the sea confronted last year: It has borrowed more money from China than it can pay back. In both countries, the...
Despotic Djibouti a dragnet to Horn of Africa development
Despite its immense economic potential, owing to its strategic location, Djibouti risks becoming an island of poverty in a sea of wealth as investors make the most of a conducive atmosphere promoted by respective governments in the Horn of Africa...
English High Court continues restraint against Djibouti Port Company over shares in Joint Venture
The High Court of England and Wales in London has continued the injunction first made on 31 August 2018, prohibiting the Government of Djibouti’s port company, Port de Djibouti S.A. (“PDSA”) from interfering with the management of the joint...