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Djibouti

Djibouti
Population: 0.8 mn.
GDP: 1.1 bn.
Debt: 0.5 bn.
Overview:

President Ismail Omar Guelleh's easy victory last April will keep him in office until 2017. The use of Djibouti as a military base by the USA and France allows him free rein to suppress growing opposition. Regional intervention in Somalia could unsettle him. 

Djibouti Country Report

 


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  • Vol 46 No 8
  •  15th April 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
  •  9th February 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
  •  23rd June 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...

  • Vol 40 No 12
  •  11th June 1999

Francophilie

French officials were taken aback by the success of the visit to Paris on 24-29 May by Djibouti's new President, Ismael Omar Guelleh. They were particularly pleased by his apparent Francophilia. Though in an interview with the daily 'Le Figaro' he compl...

  • Vol 40 No 7
  •  2nd April 1999

Gouled's choice

Ismael Guelleh is set to win the elections – having an uncle for President helps

  • Vol 40 No 4
  •  19th February 1999

Paris and the prince

Nomination by the ruling Rassemblement Populaire pour le Progrès on 4 February has formally set Ismael Omar Guelleh on the path to succeed Hassan Gouled Aptidon, who steps down in May. In fact, Gouled’s nephew and head of Cabinet has called t...

  • Vol 39 No 22
  •  6th November 1998

Severed supplies

As Eritrea and Ethiopia prepare for the much postponed Organisation of African Unity meeting to discuss their border conflict, in Ouagadougou on 7 November, a convoy of Ethiopian lorries has been attacked in Djibouti. A driver was killed and a tanker set ...

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