Press Releases

How Djibouti like Zambia is about to loose its port to China

Beijing’s cumulative loans to Africa since 2000 amounted to $124-billion by 2016, according to figures compiled by the China-Africa Research Initiative (CARI). Djibouti is projected to take on public debt worth around 88 percent of the country’s...

Impoverished Djibouti has nothing to show for its wealth

WITH vast amounts of aid flowing into government coffers and its strategic position boasting one of the busiest shipping lanes, Djibouti ought to be among the wealthiest countries in the African continent. However, the irony is that the tiny...

High Court of England & Wales restrains Djibouti’s port company from terminating joint venture with DP world

Download logo The High Court of England & Wales has granted an injunction restraining Djibouti’s port company, Port de Djibouti S.A. (PDSA), from treating its joint venture shareholders’ agreement with global trade enabler DP World as terminated....

The trade of illegal weapons implicates senior government officials in Djibouti – Report

EXX Africa (www.EXXAfrica.com) published a special report on the arms trade in the Horn of Africa. Download the report: https://bit.ly/2CcF7hr The trade of illegal weapons implicates senior government officials in Djibouti, which suggests that the...

Macro-Fiscal Implications of Climate Change: The Case of Djibouti

Disclaimer: IMF Working Papers describe research in progress by the author(s) and are published to elicit comments and to encourage debate. The views expressed in IMF Working Papers are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the...

Zim general warns on foreign bases in Djibouti

Download logo Major General Trust Magoba – who now serves as a special advisor to the African Union office for Peace and Security – has raised concern at foreign interference on the continent. “The establishment foreign bases and the involvement...

DP World: Media Statement on Djibouti's Doraleh Container Terminal

Download logo Today’s statement by the Djibouti government states that it does not acknowledge the decision of the London Court of International Arbitration demonstrates that Djibouti does not recognise the international rule of law. The Court’s...

Task Force Alamo Arrives in Djibouti, Assumes Security Mission

CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti -- One Texas Army National Guard battalion transferred security force responsibilities for Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa to another at a ceremony here July 5. Soldiers assigned to 3rd Battalion, 144th Infantry...

Subsidies on school uniform mask deeper Djibouti anomalies

THE autocratic regime of President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh has yielded to public pressure to lower the price of uniforms for students at basic education level but this is seen as a smokescreen to divert attention from major issues afflicting the...

Africa: Djibouti National Day

On behalf of President Trump and people of the United States, I wish the people and government of Djibouti a happy national day as you celebrate the 41st anniversary of your independence on June 27. Our peoples and governments have long benefited...

The mirage of Djibouti's economic success

EXX Africa (www.ExxAfrica.com) published a special report on the country’s investment outlook on 24 May 2018. At first sight, Djibouti seems to be an attractive investment destination in an otherwise troubled Horn of Africa region. The country’s...

Investors across the world think twice before investing in Djibouti

The video below is copyright free and can be used at will, without asking for authorization Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/embed/inw-LTV3I7gDistributed by APO Group on behalf of DP World.

U.S. Protests Chinese Interference With U.S. Planes in Djibouti

WASHINGTON -- The United States has protested to China after repeated instances of lasers interfering with U.S. military aircraft landing in Djibouti, chief Pentagon spokesperson Dana W. White said here today. In her weekly news conference, White...

Public Notice to those Considering Building, Managing, or Operating a Port in Djibouti of the Validity of the Concession Agreement for the Doraleh Container Terminal in Djibouti

DP World Ltd. (http://web.DPWorld.com) hereby gives notice that the Concession Agreement to operate the Doraleh Container Terminal in Djibouti, which was awarded by the Government of Djibouti to Doraleh Container Terminal S.A., or DCT, a joint...

Aid Ironies and Djibouti’s "Invisible Undercitizens"

This is a guest post by Jim Sanders, a career, now retired, West Africa watcher for various federal agencies. The views expressed below are his personal views and do not reflect those of his former employers. Returning from an early autumn...

Secretary Tillerson to Travel to Addis Ababa, Djibouti, Nairobi, N'Djamena, and Abuja

Press Statement Heather Nauert Department Spokesperson Washington, DC March 1, 2018 On his first official trip to Africa, Secretary Rex Tillerson will travel to N’Djamena, Chad; Djibouti, Djibouti; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Nairobi, Kenya; and Abuja,...

Doraleh port terminal: Reports indicate Djibouti plans to gift the facility to the Chinese government

Djibouti Travel Warning

The U.S. Government continues to receive information about potential terrorist threats aimed at Western (including U.S.) and Djiboutian interests in Djibouti. Terrorist acts can include suicide operations, bombings (to include car bombings),...

Amphibious Training Event Begins Off Djibouti’s Coast

By Navy Lt. Cmdr. Sandra Arnold Task Force 51/5th Marine Expeditionary Brigade U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS, April 4, 2018 — Naval Amphibious Force, Task Force 51/5th Marine Expeditionary Brigade has begun a two-week amphibious training event...

The Chamber of Commerce of Djibouti commemorates 110 years of existence

December 3rd, 2017 marked the 110th anniversary of the Chamber of Commerce of Djibouti and the first day of the 5-day International Forum gathering almost 1,000 attendees and more than 400 companies from all over the world showing their interest...