Vol 50 No 18 | DJIBOUTIERITREAETHIOPIASOMALIA Dangers and dilemmas in the Horn of Africa 11th September 2009 The most dangerous corner of Africa is its north-eastern Horn, where instability reigns and terrorism thrives on the antagonisms of its governments The fate of Somalia is in the balance, as the Transitional Federal Government struggles for control against Islamist insurgents. Eritrea and Ethiopia are engaged in an unremitting ...
Vol 2 (AAC) No 10 | DJIBOUTIETHIOPIAINDIA Gurjit Singh 27th August 2009 India's Ambassador to Ethiopia (Retired) Long-serving diplomat Gurjit Singh distinguished himself as one of the most activist ambassadors in Addis Ababa and personally raised the substance and profile of Ethiopia-India ...
Vol 49 No 17 | DJIBOUTISAUDI ARABIA Bin Laden's bridge 22nd August 2008 The epic plan for the world's longest suspension bridge, stretching 27 kilometres between Djibouti and Yemen (AC Vol 49 No 13) and officially launched in Djibouti on 28 July, has p...
Vol 49 No 13 | DJIBOUTIERITREA Shooting war in Djibouti 20th June 2008 The border battle at the mouth of the Red Sea looks more like Eritrean aggression Fighting has begun around Ras Doumeira, the area of Djibouti seized by Eritrean troops in April (AC Vol 49 No 11). Both sides had built up their forces, seven kilometres inside Dji...
Vol 49 No 11 | DJIBOUTIERITREA A dangerous invasion 23rd May 2008 Eritrea sent its troops into Djibouti, a small country with powerful allies After Djibouti complained that Eritrea had invaded, President Issayas Afewerki responded on 19 May that this was 'a wild invention' with hidden foreign backing. On 4 April, Eritrea...
Vol 48 No 15 | DJIBOUTIFRANCE Jacques et le juge 20th July 2007 Police raids on the house of ex-President Jacques Chirac's Africa advisor Michel de Bonnecourse on 9 and 10 July raise the stakes in the investigation into claims by a former Djibo...
Vol 48 No 10 | DJIBOUTIFRANCE Judges swoop 11th May 2007 The struggle to shed light on the 1995 death of French Judge Bernard Borrel in Djibouti continues.
Vol 47 No 22 | DJIBOUTIFRANCE Ill-judged death 3rd November 2006 Embarrassing differences are emerging between the French judiciary and President Jacques Chirac's Cellule Africaine over the death in Djibouti in 1995 of French Judge Bernard Borre...
Vol 46 No 8 | DJIBOUTIFRANCE Radio silence 15th April 2005 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 a...
Vol 42 No 3 | DJIBOUTI World record? 9th February 2001 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...