China Unveils $3.5 bln Djibouti Free Trade Zone

BY REUTERS Djibouti commissioned a $3.5 billion, Chinese-built free trade zone on Thursday, deepening ties with the Asian giant and helping the Horn of Africa nation generate more jobs for its youths. Djibouti, with a population of 876,000, already hosts Chinese, U.S., and French naval bases and it also handles roughly 95 percent of the […]

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In Djibouti, “China Begins to Become Disillusioned”

Six months after the inauguration of its first military base in Africa, Beijing has expressed its “displeasure” to the president of Djibouti BY SEBASTIEN LE BELZIC | LE MONDE AFRICA * In November 2017, Djibouti’s President, Ismail Omar Guelleh, was received in Beijing with great fanfare by the Chinese president. But behind the official statements and […]

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How Eritrea Benefits from the Diplomatic Crisis Between Djibouti and UAE

By African Intelligence, FOLLOWING the altercation in Djibouti on 27 April between Wahib Moussa Kalinleh, the commander of Forces aériennes djiboutiennes (FAD – Djibouti air force), and Ali Al Shihi, Vice Consul of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Djibouti and the UAE broke off diplomatic relations on 4 May, 2015. 

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