Senior Eritrean delegation, composed of Foreign Minister Osman Saleh and Presidential Adviser Yemane Ghebreab, met and held talks in Sochi with Mr. Sergei Lavrov, Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation. The two sides conducted friendly and comprehensive discussions spanning bilateral relations as well as regional and global developments. Regarding bilateral relations, the two sides focused […]
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“All countries have a sovereign right to decide which other countries to partner with, … but these choices have consequences, of course,” – U.S. Ambassador to Sudan BY RT.COM Within weeks of his arrival in Sudan, the first US ambassador in 25 years has already threatened Khartoum with “consequences” if it follows through on a […]
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BY BERTIL LINTNER | ASIA TIMES The Republic of Djibouti is on any measure one of the most stable countries in eastern Africa. There are no known Islamic radicals here and, unlike its immediate neighbor Somalia and Yemen across the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, it is not plagued by a vicious civil war.
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BY AARON BROOKS | EAST AFRICAN MONITOR For the past decade, Djibouti has been a tiny haven in the Horn of Africa, mostly free from the tension simmering elsewhere in the region. This has produced an influx of investment that has turned Djibouti into one of Africa’s most important trade and military hubs.
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BY AMY CHENG | FOREIGN POLICY Djibouti lies more than 2,500 miles from Sri Lanka but the East African country faces a predicament similar to what its peer across the sea confronted last year: It has borrowed more money from China than it can pay back.
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BY AARON MAASHO / REUTERS The United Arab Emirates pledged a total of $3 billion in aid and investments to Ethiopia on Friday, an Ethiopian official said, a major show of support for the new prime minister, Abiy Ahmed. The UAE will deposit $1 billion in Ethiopia’s central bank to ease a severe foreign currency […]
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BY SPUTNIK Russia and Sudan are negotiating the possibility of installing a logistics center for Russian warships in the Red Sea on Sudanese territory, Russian ambassador to Khartoum Vladimir Zheltov told Sputnik.
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The attempt of the Sudanese president to engage with rival regional interests in a bid to stay in power might fail. BY AHMED H ADAM | AL JAZEERA Sudan’s political crisis is sliding into a dangerous phase. Its economy is on the verge of collapse. The price of food and other basic commodities is rising […]
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