Djibouti, Djibouti News

Land-locked Ethiopia has given Djiboutian President Omar Ismail Guelleh large tracts of land for wheat farming and a lakeside holiday home, officials said on Tuesday.

The World Food Program says Djibouti is facing an alarming food and nutrition crisis.

Wednesday, July 9, 2008, the official media announced abruptly dissolved by presidential decree of the Movement for Democratic Renewal and Development , one of the major Djibouti Opposition parties.

Turkey and Djibouti signed on Wednesday a cooperation protocol on a project to prepare agriculture master plan for Djibouti.

Addis Fortune Tamrat G. Giorgis The reaction from the Ethiopian government was prompt, revealing the gravity of the matter; Girma Birru, minister of Trade and Industry, left for Djibouti last Wednesday, July 9, ...

Addis Fortune INTERVIEW 14 July 2008 The recent summit of the African Union heads of state held at Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, condemned what it called Eritrean military action against Djibouti.

As clarified in our previous communications, there is no good-faith territorial dispute between Eritrea and Djibouti.

Fighting over the islands of Ras Doumeira and Doumeira in Djiboutian territory reportedly left a dozen Djiboutian soldiers dead and dozens wounded.

The Daily Monitor Addis Ababa Land-locked Ethiopia sent its top trade official to Djibouti on Wednesday after the Red Sea state said it would introduce a new tariff on port services.

The Ethiopian government has been notified by its Djiboutian counterpart, as per their bilateral agreement, that it is to increase tariffs by up to 15% on various facilities the Port of Djibouti renders, as of ...

In a press release after the meeting, Zenawi denied his country was planning to begin mediation to settle the dispute between the two countries.

They also called for an immediate return to the situation that had existed before the current tension, and respect for the Security Council presidential statement of 12 June -- in which the 15-member body had ...

ADDRESSING SECURITY COUNCIL, DJIBOUTI'S PRIME MINISTER SAYS ERITREA CONTINUES MASSIVE ARMED INCURSION, THREATENING TO PUSH BOTH SIDES INTO FRATRICIDAL WAR Members of the Security Council this afternoon urged ...

Source: Famine Early Warning System Network Date: 20 Jun 2008 Djibouti Food Security Alert 20 Jun 2008 - Border conflict threatens country, regional food security The Famine Early Warning Systems Network issues ...

Yemeni President Ali Abdallah Saleh: Settling differences "through dialogue and understanding, to avoid any escalation... harmful to stability, security and peace in the region" Yemeni President Ali Abdallah ...

The standoff between Djibouti and Eritrea was explained, at least by Djibouti, on Tuesday.

A significant percentage of Djibouti's population could face food shortages due to drought, rising prices with declining remittances, and high levels of livestock deaths, an early warning information service ...

The African Union has sent a team to investigate fighting this month between Djibouti and Eritrea close to strategic Red Sea shipping lanes, the top AU diplomat said on Friday.

The Security Council asked the United Nations on Tuesday to send a fact-finding mission to the border of Eritrea and Djibouti to investigate recent deadly clashes between the two neighbours.

A five- year jail sentence handed down on Tsatsu Tsikata, a key opposition figure and close ally of Ghana's former president Jerry John Raw l ings, by an Accra court last Wednesday, dominated the media in the ...