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Apr
25
2024
By The African Mirror
Twenty-one dead, 23 missing after boat capsizes off Djibouti coast, UN agency official says

Twenty-one dead, 23 missing after boat capsizes off Djibouti coast, UN agency official says

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TWENTY-ONE migrants died and another 23 are missing after a boat carrying 77 people capsized off the coast of Djibouti, the second such incident in two weeks, the United Nations migration agency said. The boat's occupants included children, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said in a post on social media platform X. Tens of thousands of migrants from the Horn of Africa, especially from Ethiopia and Somalia, leave the continent through Djibouti, aiming to reach Saudi Arabia and other Gulf nations to find work, according to IOM. Many fail, and thousands are stranded in Yemen where they live in…
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Apr
11
2024
By The African Mirror
At least 38 migrants die in shipwreck off Djibouti 

At least 38 migrants die in shipwreck off Djibouti 

NEWS
AT least 38 migrants, including children, have died in a shipwreck off the Djibouti coast, the United Nations migration agency said. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said at least six other people were missing and presumed dead, and that 22 survivors were being assisted by the IOM and local authorities. Yvonne Ndege, regional spokesperson for the IOM, said the shipwreck happened about 200 metres off Djibouti and that the boat carrying the migrants had left Yemen around 2 a.m. local time on April 8. It sank about two hours later with around 66 people on board, predominantly from the…
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Feb
03
2023
By The African Mirror
Somalia’s neighbours to launch new operations against al Shabaab militants

Somalia’s neighbours to launch new operations against al Shabaab militants

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TOP leaders of Djibouti, Ethiopia and Kenya agreed to begin "search and destroy" operations to push al Shabaab militants out of neighbouring Somalia. The move follows an intensified offensive by Somalia's federal government against the al-Qaeda-affiliated group over the past few months. It has taken back control of several towns and villages in central Somalia with the help of the U.S. military, allied clan militias and forces belonging to Somali regional governments. Kenya's President William Ruto, Djibouti's President Ismail Omer Guelleh and Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed met their Somali counterpart Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in Mogadishu to review measures to…
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Jan
19
2023
By The African Mirror
Africa to get a new US$1 billion spaceport in Djibouti

Africa to get a new US$1 billion spaceport in Djibouti

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BIRD STORY AGENCY AFRICA could soon get a new spaceport after Djibouti signed a partnership deal with Hong Kong Aerospace Technology to build a facility to launch satellites and rockets in the northern Obock region. According to the preliminary deal, the Djibouti government will "provide the necessary land (minimum 10 square kilometres and with a term of not less than 35 years) and all the necessary assistance to build and operate the Djiboutian Spaceport." The US$1 billion spaceport project will also involve the construction of a port facility, a power grid and a highway to ensure the reliable transportation of…
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Sep
18
2021
By The African Mirror
Somalia’s president berates Djibouti

Somalia’s president berates Djibouti

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SOMALIA’S President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed has accused neighbouring Djibouti of illegally detaining his national security adviser, a criticism which appeared linked to a destabilising row between the president and his prime minister. Djiboutian authorities held the adviser, Fahad Yasin, preventing him from travelling to Mogadishu by air, the director of communications in the presidency Abdirashid Hashi said, without providing more details. "Such acts will not help to strengthen our ties between our governments," Hashi said in a statement. Djibouti's foreign minister, without naming any individual, denied reports that it was interfering in Somalia. "We will continue to stand by our…
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Sep
10
2021
By The African Mirror
Multi-million kickback scandal: man in court

Multi-million kickback scandal: man in court

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JONATHAN STEMPEL U.S. authorities have charged a former employee of Swedish telecommunications equipment maker Ericsson with scheming to bribe Djibouti government officials in order to win business with a state-owned telecommunications company. The U.S. Department of Justice said Afework Bereket, 53, a former employee of Ericsson Egypt, helped arrange $2.1 million in bribes to at least three Djibouti officials so Ericsson could win a 20.3 million euro (US$24 million) contract. Prosecutors said the scheme ran from 2010 to January 2014 and included bribes disguised as payments to a company with which Ericsson's branch office in Ethiopia had entered a sham…
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Jul
29
2021
By The African Mirror
Youths block Djibouti, Addis Ababa road, rail link

Youths block Djibouti, Addis Ababa road, rail link

NEWS
GIULIA PARAVICINI and MAGGIE FICK ETHIOPIA’S Somali region has revealed that a vital road and rail trade artery linking the landlocked capital of Addis Ababa to the sea port of Djibouti was blocked by youths angered by a deadly militia attack on their region. Around 95% of imports into the nation of around 110 million people are transported via that corridor, according to a 2018 study by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. Reuters could not independently verify the reported blockage. The Ethiopian prime minister's office and authorities in Djibouti could not immediately be reached for comment. Somali…
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Apr
13
2021
By The African Mirror
At least 34 migrants dead as boat capsizes off Djibouti

At least 34 migrants dead as boat capsizes off Djibouti

NEWS
AT least 34 people drowned when a boat carrying migrants from Yemen capsized off the coast of Djibouti, according to the International Organisation for Migration (IOM). The boat, which was being controlled by people smugglers, is believed to have been carrying 60 passengers, IOM said on its Twitter feed, without providing further details such as when the incident occurred. Drownings have become common in the waters off Djibouti, and typically involve migrants from Ethiopia or Somalia trying to escape poverty and war at home by finding work in Saudi Arabia or the United Arab Emirates. They include would-be migrants who…
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Apr
10
2021
By The African Mirror
Djibouti president expected to win

Djibouti president expected to win

NEWS
VOTERS headed to the polls yesterday in the tiny but strategically important Horn of Africa nation Djibouti, with President Ismael Omar Guelleh widely expected to win a fifth term and extend his 21-year-long rule. The desert nation of less than one million people lies on one of the world's busiest shipping routes, the Gulf of Aden, and hosts U.S., Chinese, and French military bases, letting it punch above its weight. Guelleh, 73, is one of Africa's longest-ruling leaders. He was picked to succeed his uncle, Hassan Gouled Aptidon, who led the country to independence from France in 1977. Guelleh faces…
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