Djibouti News

A standing room only crowd in the Moffett Building atrium hears Pax River Commanding Officer Capt. via DC Military

“The summit adopted key regulatory measures to have e-strategies including cyber security using accessible technologies in each country in Africa by 2012”

African leaders attending the "Connect Africa" summit in Kigali have recommended that the deadline for achieving the UN Millennium Development Goals should be brought forward by three years to 2012. via AllAfrica.com

Saturday, 3 November 2007, 9:02 am Press Release: United Nations UN court to start hearings next year in French-Djiboutian dispute on witnesses The International Court of Justice announced today that it will ... via Scoop

Nagad, Djibouti CAPTAIN CHRISTOPHER CRIM doesn't look much like a global do-gooder. With his menacingly sheered crew cut, his hulking, barrel-chested build, and his barking delivery, he looks and sounds very ... via The Weekly Standard

“It's not like we're competing with local projects”

At Large Letter From Djibouti By Jacob Laksin Published 10/26/2007 12:08:30 AM DJIBOUTI, Djibouti -- If there were to be a contest for the world's most beautiful topography, it would take a formidable challenge ... via American Spectator

Criminal investigators here have accused a noted Somali writer of fleeing to Africa to avoid prosecution on charges that he molested a 10-year-old girl in Minnesota. via KARE 11 TV

A chronology of key events: 825 - Islam introduced to the area. French rule 1862 - France acquires the port of Obock. via BBC

“We are expecting about ten heads of states but we also think they can exceed”

Ten African Heads of State are expected to attend the forthcoming information communication technology summit due in Kigali this weekend. via AllAfrica.com

Controlling access to the Red Sea, Djibouti is of major strategic importance, a fact that has ensured a steady flow of foreign assistance. via BBC

Thousands of protestors on Saturday denounced French moves to have senior officials here arrested for allegedly blocking inquiries into the 1995 death of a French judge in Djibouti. via The Tocqueville Connection

“There are old colonialists who can't accept that an ex-colony can be free from them. It also smacks of racism when you see the way that they behave towards us”

Djibouti - Djibouti has uncovered a paedophile ring involving former French officials that may be linked to the death of a French judge in 1995, the country's public prosecutor said. via Independent Online

“We play so much for American audiences, it's different when there's a cross-cultural connection and a feeling of acceptance”

The U.S. Central Command Air Forces Expeditionary Band and Marines from the 3rd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion entertained and handed out school supplies, toys and shoes to local villagers Oct. via Air Force Link

“I am extremely proud to say that my husband is a member of the United States Marine Corps”

Welcome home to U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Michael Haak of New Lenox, who returned home Sept. via Herald News

As PINR forecast on September 19, the failures of the two national conferences aimed at devising a political formula for Somalia -- the National Reconciliation Conference sponsored by the country's ... via AllAfrica.com

“One people, one nation, one political party and one supreme leader”

The Subcommittee on African and Global Health of the US House Committee on Foreign Affairs held, on Tuesday, October 2, 2007, a hearing focusing on Ethiopia and the State of Democracy: Effects on Human Rights ... via American Chronicle