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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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» 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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