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» Mass protests shake Djibouti
» Djibouti vote rigging may cause new mass protests
» Djibouti opposition boycotts election
» Djibouti protests stopped by police
» Mass arrests stopped further Djibouti protests
» Djibouti opposition leaders freed
» Djibouti protesters keep up the pressure
» Djibouti protests more massive than expected
» Mobilisation for Djibouti protests worldwide
» Djibouti meets protests with repression
» Spark of rebellion reaches Djibouti
» Djibouti desperate for energy investors



Mass protests shake Djibouti

afrol News, 26 February - Police forces in Djibouti have arrested up to 300 protesters as mass demonstrations against last week's allegedly rigged polls shook the capital yesterday and today. Most opposition leaders were also arrested in police raids.
Djibouti vote rigging may cause new mass protests

afrol News, 25 February - The political opposition in Djibouti is furious and mobilising for mass protests against alleged rigging of Friday's elections. It hopes to succeed repeating the mass mobilisation of February 2011, when the Arab spring came to Djibouti.
Djibouti opposition boycotts election

afrol News, 11 March - As the deadline to register candidates for Djibouti's 8 April presidential election has passed, no opposition candidates have registered. The boycott comes as further anti-government protests are planned.
Djibouti protests stopped by police

afrol News, 4 March - Djibiboutians wanting to attend an announced mass protest against government today were pulled back by large numbers of police troops in central Djibouti City.
Mass arrests stopped further Djibouti protests

afrol News, 27 February - The planned resumption of mass protests in Djibouti this weekend was hindered by massive police presence in the capital and arrests of about 300 opposition and civil society leaders.
Djibouti opposition leaders freed

afrol News, 20 February - Djibouti's government today has confirmed that it has freed the country's three main opposition leaders, arrested following this weekend's massive protests. Meanwhile, the army warns against new protests.
Djibouti protesters keep up the pressure

afrol News, 19 February - Protesters in Djibouti keep taking to the streets today, after a mass protest on Friday gathered more people than expected. At least two have been killed in clashes so far and the opposition leader is arrested.
Djibouti protests more massive than expected

afrol News, 18 February - Today's anti-government protests in Djibouti, calling for President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh to step down, are larger than expected. Around 30,000 out of the capital's 600,000 population took to the streets.
Mobilisation for Djibouti protests worldwide

afrol News, 17 February - As the opposition, human rights groups and students in Djibouti gear up for the Friday mass protests, the Djiboutian Diaspora is uniting behind the protesters.
Djibouti meets protests with repression

afrol News, 15 February - As further protests in Djibouti are announced for Friday, government is cracking down on civil society and the opposition. There are fears foreign police forces may be used against protesters.
Spark of rebellion reaches Djibouti

afrol News, 9 February - Djibouti yesterday saw its first violent unrests, organised by students, and now the opposition calls for "general protests" on 18 February against President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh's intention to seek a third term.
Djibouti desperate for energy investors

afrol News, 19 January - With power consumption steadily rising, also through new businesses opening in Djibouti, electricity production remains erratic and causes increased outages. Government desperately seeks investors, new documentation reveals.
Djibouti sees Eritrea President as "lunatic"

afrol News, 10 December - The Foreign Minister of Djibouti, in talks with the US Embassy, called President Issaias Afwerki of neighbouring Eritrea "a lunatic". He also revealed Eritrea opposes any real Somali peace talks.
African Horn migration routes shifting

afrol News, 2 December - Departure points for an often deadly boat trip from Africa to Yemen may be shifting from Puntland to Somaliland, with Djibouti remaining the main transit point. Coastguards now receive training to halt and to rescue migrants.
Djibouti cleared Blackwater to kill pirates

afrol News, 1 December - The government of Djibouti permitted the controversial private US security firm Blackwater "to operate an armed ship from the port of Djibouti" and to "use lethal force against pirates."
Djibouti port drives national growth

afrol News, 16 November - Djibouti is attracting investments at a great scale, but economic growth remains slower than in the region, new data show. A boom in Ethiopian trade and use of the Djibouti port however secures sustainable growth.
Djibouti-Eritrea border dispute towards solution

afrol News, 8 June - Djibouti and Eritrea have signed an agreement that see the Qatari government as mediators. Qatar is also to deploy its troops on the Eritrea-Djibouti border in a move that helps out a pressured Djiboutian government.
Djibouti forcibly repatriates Somali asylum seekers

afrol News, 11 November - The UN refugee agency has expressed regret over the forced repatriation of 40 Somali asylum seekers to Mogadishu.
Djibouti qualifies for IMF’s poverty disbursement

afrol News, 18 June - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has completed the first review under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) arrangement with Djibouti, thereby immediately qualifying the country for the disbursement of US$ 2.3 million.
Regional cooperation key to uprooting Somali piracy

afrol News, 30 January - Efforts to uproot piracy in the Somali waters received a further boost when Indian Ocean and Red Sea countries pledged to cooperate in seizing, investigating and prosecuting pirates off the coast of war-ravaged Somalia in a stepped-up campaign to curb a scourge that has wrought havoc with international shipping, including delivery of emergency food aid.

» 04.11.2008 - Iran offers Djibouti, Eritrea mediation
» 17.10.2008 - Djibouti's debt service to Paris Club reduced
» 23.07.2008 - Ethio-Djibouti railway may get rehabilitation
» 11.07.2008 - Eritrea debunks overstepping in Djibouti
» 01.07.2008 - AU condemns Eritrea military attack on Djibouti
» 27.06.2008 - AU commission investigations on Djibouti-Eritrea clashes
» 17.06.2008 - Eritrea shuns border dialogue
» 13.06.2008 - French army backs Djibouti against Eritrea
» 12.06.2008 - Eritrea condemned over Djibouti border clashes
» 11.06.2008 - Troops killed in Djibouti-Eritrea clashes
» 13.05.2008 - Djibouti female genital cutting linked to poverty
» 28.04.2008 - Sahel nations lose 1.7m ha land
» 06.02.2008 - More Somalis flock Djibouti
» 23.03.2007 - Djibouti to host first African Horn intellectuals' conference
» 15.02.2007 - French open new row with Djibouti

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