BY GAROWE ONLINE An ex-Djibouti military man has been accused of committing treason, a move which saw him arrested and detained, sparking demonstrations on Friday, in an incident which has seen neighbouring Eritrea also sucked into the controversy.
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BY MARTIN MWITA | THE STAR Lamu Port could fail to attract Ethiopia and South Sudan markets who might opt for the Djibouti and Eritrea ports, according to the Shippers Council of East Africa (SCEA). The Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia-Transport (LAPSSET) Corridor project pegs its sustainability on the two countries. According to the shippers council, the […]
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BY CAPITAL ETHIOPIA Ethiopia’s new Navy will be based in Djibouti and the naval command head office will be in Bahir Dar. When Abiy Ahmed became Prime Minister, he announced that the country would rebuild its navy, redeeming its dissolution which occurred during the regime change in 1991 when the nation lost its water outlets.
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BY AGGREY MUTAMBO | DAILY NATION Kenya and Djibouti could both miss out on the chairmanship of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) as the regional bloc seeks to resolve simmering differences between Horn of Africa countries.
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BY AGGREY MUTAMBO | DAILY NATION Services at the Inter-governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) could be crippled following a stalemate on who becomes chief executive officer and chairman of the bloc. Normally a calm organisation focusing on Horn of Africa’s political scene, members seeking to lead IGAD for the first time since its formation in […]
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BY TESFANEWS A London Court of International Arbitration has ordered Djibouti government to pay $385 million plus interest in compensation to UAE global ports operator DP World for unilaterally breaching a 50-year concession contract over the Doraleh Container Terminal.
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Based on the production sharing agreement, the Ethiopian government has a 15 percent stake while China’s Poly-GCL owns a majority 85 percent. BY FANA BC Ethiopia and Djibouti have signed an agreement to construct a 767km natural gas pipeline project linking the two countries. Ethiopia’s Minister of Mines and Petroleum, Dr Samuel Hurcato, and Minister […]
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BY TARIKU DEBRETSION Within a few months of signing a peace and cooperation agreement between Ethiopia and Eritrea in Asmara on July 7, 2018, things are changing at a staggering speed. Telecommunications between the two countries have quickly resumed. Ethiopians and Eritreans at the border jumped at the opportunity to visit and trade with each […]
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