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- Vol 50 No 18
- 11/09/2009
Dangers and dilemmas in the Horn of Africa
The most dangerous corner of Africa is its north-eastern Horn, where instability reigns and terrorism thrives on the antagonisms of its governments
- Vol 49 No 17
- 22/08/2008
Bin Laden's bridge
The epic plan for the world's longest suspension bridge, stretching 27 kilometres between Djibouti and Yemen (AC Vol 49 No 13) and officially launched in Djibouti on 28 July, has prompted derision and a rush of companies in search of a US$200 billion b...
- Vol 49 No 13
- 20/06/2008
Shooting war in Djibouti
The border battle at the mouth of the Red Sea looks more like Eritrean aggression
- Vol 49 No 11
- 23/05/2008
A dangerous invasion
Eritrea sent its troops into Djibouti, a small country with powerful allies
- Vol 48 No 15
- 20/07/2007
Jacques et le juge
Police raids on the house of ex-President Jacques Chirac's Africa advisor Michel de Bonnecourse on 9 and 10 July raise the stakes in the investigation into claims by a former Djibouti presidential guard, Mohamed Saleh Alhoumekani, that President Isma&...
- Vol 48 No 10
- 11/05/2007
Judges swoop
The struggle to shed light on the 1995 death of French Judge Bernard Borrel in Djibouti continues.
- Vol 47 No 22
- 03/11/2006
Ill-judged death
Embarrassing differences are emerging between the French judiciary and President Jacques Chirac's Cellule Africaine over the death in Djibouti in 1995 of French Judge Bernard Borrel. The Cellule Africaine insists that Borrel committed suicide (some of...
- Vol 46 No 8
- 15/04/2005
Radio silence
The mysterious non-appearance of a promised report on the state-run Radio France Internationale on the investigation into the death of French Judge Bernard Borel has caused anger among journalists at the Maison de la Radio in Paris.
- Vol 42 No 3
- 09/02/2001
World record?
Many have been surprised to learn that Djibouti had Africa's - and possibly the world's - longest-serving Prime Minister. For most people, this fact emerged only when Barkad Gourad Hamadou resigned on 6 February. His tenacity in the post, for a staggering...
- Vol 41 No 13
- 23/06/2000
Time to talk
The Somali National Peace Conference in Djibouti finished six weeks of initial consultations and moved on last week to phase two (AC Vol 41 No 7). Hundreds of participants (some picked by Djibouti's President Ismail Omar Guelleh and his team, some self-se...
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