Japan Times July 2, 2011 ALEX MARTIN The Maritime Self-Defense Force will hold an inauguration ceremony Tuesday in Djibouti for Japan’s first overseas military base since World War II, a move that Ahmed Araita Ali, Djibouti’s ambassador to Japan, describes as an opportunity for Tokyo to play a larger international role in peacekeeping and forge [...]
Category Archives: Djibouti
Somalia Appeals for International Assistance as Drought Worsens
July 2, 2011 – 9:32 am
VOA June 30, 2011 Mike Onyiego Photo: AP (file photo) Somali children at UN registration center in Dagahaley, Northeastern Kenya Somalia’s Council of Ministers issued a statement Thursday calling for dramatic intervention on the part of the United Nations and the international community to prevent the country’s current drought from becoming a major catastrophe. Somali [...]
Worst drought in 60 years hitting Horn of Africa-UN
June 29, 2011 – 3:04 pm
Reuters June 28, 2011 * 10 mln hit in Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Uganda * High malnutrition rate seen in severe drought, food crisis * Situation unlikely to improve until 2012, U.N. says GENEVA – The worst drought in 60 years in the Horn of Africa has sparked a severe food crisis and high malnutrition [...]
East Africa Food Shortages Expected to Affect More People
June 15, 2011 – 7:01 am
VOA June 14, 2011 Joe DeCapua Photo: AP Displaced Somali children line up, containers in hand, to receive food aid in Mogadishu, March 15, 2011. In East Africa, millions people are in need of emergency food assistance because of the prolonged, severe drought. Now a U.N. agency warns that things could get worse. Steady rain [...]
Prof. David Shinn: Revolutionary Winds from North to South of the Sahara: Wishful Thinking?
June 13, 2011 – 4:47 pm
(as provided by the author; no link) The Horn of Africa David H. Shinn Adjunct Professor, Elliott School of International Affairs George Washington University Overview In assessing the impact on Sub-Saharan Africa of the political upheaval in North Africa and the Middle East since the beginning of the year, it is essential to be careful [...]
Ethiopia Begins Electricity Exports to Neighboring Djibouti, Utility Says
June 11, 2011 – 5:52 pm
Bloomberg June 10, 2011 William Davison Ethiopia began power exports to its Horn of Africa neighbor Djibouti, an Ethiopian Electric Power Corp. spokesman said. The electricity shipments began on May 27, Addis Tagele, a spokesman for the state-owned utility, said in a phone interview today from Addis Ababa, the capital. “The maximum at the moment [...]
Djibouti Port may divorce DPWorld
June 7, 2011 – 9:18 am
Capital, Ethiopia May 30, 2011 Teguest Yilma Djibouti Port’s Authority (PAID) is said to have requested an annulment of the 20-year management contract it has with DPWorld. The first notice that was sent to DPWorld indicates that the contract will be terminated by May 2011, but following discussions with the two parties, the date has [...]
Somali piracy costs $8.3bn a year, report says
May 19, 2011 – 8:05 am
BBC May 13, 2011 Anti-piracy force boards a hijacked dhow. EU NAVFOR Anti-piracy patrols, like this EU operation off the coast of Somalia, have had limited success. Geopolicity report Piracy off the Somali coast costs the international community up to $8.3bn (£5.1bn) a year, a new report from the Geopolicity consultancy estimates. That sum could [...]
ICC reports Djibouti to UN over al-Bashir visit
May 14, 2011 – 7:43 am
Washington Examiner, US May 5, 2011 Judges at the International Criminal Court reported the African nation of Djibouti to the United Nations Security Council Thursday for failing to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir during an official visit. Judges said media reported that al-Bashir attended the inauguration ceremony of Djibouti’s President Ismail Omar Guelleh last Sunday. [...]
Ethiopia Plans to Start Exporting Power to Djibouti This Month
May 6, 2011 – 7:33 pm
Bloomberg May 6, 2011 William Davison Ethiopia expects to begin exporting electricity to Djibouti this month after completing a project connecting its power grid to the neighboring country, an Ethiopian Electric Power Corp. official said. The link, completed in November, is in the final testing and commissioning stage, Alemayehu Wubeshet, head of transmission lines and [...]