BY ROBBIE COREY-BOULET | WPR Just weeks after sending troops to its first overseas military base in the tiny East African nation of Djibouti, China has come forward with a curious offer: to dive headlong into a dispute that illustrates the complex rivalries of the Horn of Africa region. In an interview with the Associated […]
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BY WHAT’S IN BLUE On Monday (24 July), the Chair of the 751/1907 Somalia and Eritrea Sanctions Committee, Ambassador Kairat Umarov (Kazakhstan), will deliver his 120-day briefing to Council members in consultations, covering the period from April to July 2017.
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AU Commission to send fact finding mission to the border amid calls for restraint BY AFRICAN UNION The Chairperson of the Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, is following the recent developments between the Republic of Djibouti and the State of Eritrea in the aftermath of Qatar’s decision to withdraw its peacekeeping troops at the Djibouti- Eritrea […]
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BY SPUTNIK Qatar suspended its participation as a mediator in the reconciliation process in relations between Djibouti and Eritrea, the Kuwaiti newspaper Al Anba reported. “The Government of Djibouti received an official note from the Foreign Ministry that Qatar ceases to be a mediator between Djibouti and Eritrea,” the media said, noting Doha would inform […]
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By TesfaNews, In his address to the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Qatar’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, HE Sultan bin Saad Al Muraikhi, announced that his country achieved a mutually agreed fair and peaceful settlement to the Eritrea and Djibouti border conflict through the mediation effort of HH the Emir Sheikh […]
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By TesfaNews, Qatar’s Foreign Minister HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani today witnessed the release of all four Djiboutian Prisoners of War (POWs) that Eritrea captured during the three-day border skirmish in June 2008. HE the Minister announced the good news from the Djibouti capital where he is currently on an official visit. Two years […]
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By TesfaNews, DJIBOUTI‘s khat addicted Interior Minister Hassan Omar Mohamed went on today to accuse Eritrea out of the bloom. He was quoted as saying mercenaries hired by Eritrea are destabilizing his tiny country. “Armed mercenaries serving the Eritrean government are terrorizing civilians in northern Djibouti on the border with Eritrea,” he said in a […]
Continue ReadingBy U.S. Embassy-Asmara, The US Embassy in Asmara released three statements today concerning the Eritrea – Djibouti Agreement, the recently released Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, and a reiteration of US policy regarding the Eritrean – Ethiopian Boundary Commission. Eritrea – Djibouti Agreement The Embassy of the United States of America welcomes the signing of […]
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