Djibouti News

To understand the difficulties America faces in combating terrorism, look no farther than this Horn of Africa nation.

For many Americans on the U.S. base here, helping Djiboutians is not just official duty.

I had been tempted to visit Djibouti when I noticed this autumn that flydubai opened up a low-cost new route to the eensy country on the Horn of Africa.

The road ceases to exist and now Hussein, a greying, whittled man who retired recently from Djibouti's military, is piloting the hulking Landcruiser we're in over sand and rock.

The 2nd Ethio- Djibouti Higher level Joint Ministerial Commission Experts meeting kicked off here on Sunday.

Eritrea said on Thursday it would not be drawn into another war of words after neighbouring Djibouti became the latest nation to accuse the Red Sea state of supporting rebels and spreading chaos in the region.

Every single peaceful and progressive day in Somaliland is a step towards de-jure recognition.

Djibouti has sharply denied accusations that it played a role in fueling violence in neighboring Somalia.

Somali government troops who completed military training in the neighboring Republic of Djibouti have landed in the capital Mogadishu, a day after 11 people were killed in insurgent attacks, Radio Garowe reports.

Officials at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, are working to improve the quality of life and facilities for more than 20 tenant commands there, including Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa and the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force, the campa s commanding officer said yesterday.

From Garoweonline.com Somalia Editorial: Sheikh Sharif's weakness will be his ultimate demise Sep 29, 2009 - 11:20:42 PM SUNDAY EDITORIAL Sheikh Sharif's character weakness poses a grave threat to the international community's financial and political backing, which could backfire with disastrous effect.

Few nations in the world are as strategically important but as little known as Djibouti, a small desert nation of half a million people in the heart of the Horn of Africa.

Somalia's President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed held talks with his counterpart in Djibouti on Wednesday to discuss strengthening a peacekeeping force based in the anarchic Somali capital Mogadishu.

Just 15 months ago, when Pfc. Daniel Bateson was hanging drywall with his family's home improvement business, the Connecticut-native never dreamed he would visit Africa.

Just 15 months ago, when Army Pfc. Daniel Bateson was hanging drywall with his family's home improvement business, the Connecticut native never dreamed he would visit Africa.

Dubai's first low cost airline, flydubai, added a second African destination to its network Wednesday when flight FZ601 touched down at Djibouti Ambouli International Airport.

A few pints of San Miguel on the Costa Brava used to cost less than a packet in pork scratchings back home in Blighty.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in its "A Week in the Horn" report of July 10, 20009, raised issues concerning the 13th Africa Union Summit held in Sirte, Libya, the Ethiopia-Sudan -Keeping the Momentum of their relations , the endorsement of the Operational Guidelines of Ethiopian CEWERU, the situation in Somalia, the visit of the Assistant ...

AN APPEAL BY MEMBERS OF THE TRANSITIONAL FEDERAL PARLIAMENT TO END THE SOMALI CRISIS AND SAVE SOMALIA FROM BECOMING A HAVEN FOR INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM: .HERE WE GO: CONSEQUENT to the sumptuous lunch date and engagement the Somali Prime Minister, Omer Abdirashid Sharmarke, held at the Panari hotel in Nairobi on June 21, 2009 for about 100 ...

Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and Djiboutian President Ismael Oumar Guelleh have cut the ribbon inaugurating the new Ethiopian Embassy complex built at a cost of about 35 million Birr by Ethiopian private contractor SATCON.