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Djiboutian NEWS & ARTICLES

Djibouti says Eritrea will bow to UN sanctions

NAIROBI (Reuters) - United Nations sanctions imposed on Eritrea last year will stop it interfering in Somalia, Djibouti's foreign minister said on Wednesday.

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Former Ally Poses Challenge to Guelleh’s Bid for Third Term

Former political ally and close confident of Djibouti’s two-term president, Abdourahiman Boreh, is taking unprecedented moves lately, challenging President Ismail Omar Guelleh’s bid for a third term in office, despite constitutional limits.

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Djibouti's Foreign Minister says Dispute with Libya Over

In a telephone interview with Asharq Al-Awsat the Foreign Minister called on the Arab summit to back Djibouti's position against Eritrea, and announced the end of the dispute with Libya which arose as a result of the latter's opposition to imposing sanctions on Asmara over its aggressive policy toward Djibouti and Somalia.

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Somalia, Djibouti appeal for tougher action against Eritrea

The two countries urged AU and the international community to establish strong organization to the enforcement of the sanctions to block the defiant acts of the Eritrean government.

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Somalia prepares for assault on al- Shabaab

Countries bordering Somalia are planning to coordinate a major assault against positions held by al- Shabaab militia in Somalia, using ethnic Somali military officers being trained in their respective boundaries.

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Djibouti says it will recover its territory occupied by Eritrea

“If we are still smarting from the inexplicable Eritrean attack in 2008, through the illegal occupation of a part of our national territory, all the diplomatic efforts we made in 2009 driven by our unshakable faith in the fairness of our stand, the sincerity of our actions and our attachment to the inviolable principles of our sovereignty and territorial integrity, proved to be successful,” he said.

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Region wary as Somalia threatens to degenerate

Kenya, Ethiopia and Djibouti are at most risk because of their porous borders, the proliferation of small arms and the ongoing recruitment of young people from these countries into the Al-Shabaab militia.

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AU authorises maritime, air defence fighters for AMISOM

Djibouti, Somalia's neighbour, is among the few countries in the Horn of Africa region to pledge peacekeepers to the overstretched AMISOM, which has been a target of attacks, planned by radical Islamic groups seeking to takeover full control of Somalia.


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IGAD reiterates its call for sanctions against Eritrea

The IGAD Council of Ministers was briefed by Djibouti’s Foreign Minister, Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, on the present state of Djibouti’s relations with Eritrea. He outlined the history of Eritrea’s aggression, noting that Djibouti had been the victim of Eritrean invasion in June 2008 when the Island of Doumeira and Ras Doumeira on the mainland had been occupied.

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The Eastern Africa Standby Brigade (EASBRIG) began its first military exercises in Djibouti on Sunday

In addition to host Djibouti, nine other members of the brigade, such as Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, Sudan, Comoros, Seychelles, Burundi and Rwanda are taking part in the drills while Eritrea, Mauritius and Madagascar are absent.

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Now is the time to insist on changes of policy by Eritrea

Early this week, the Permanent Representative of Eritrea to the United Nations wrote to the President of the Security Council to denounce the draft resolution tabled in the Security Council last week. The resolution called for sanctions on Eritrea following its open support of extremist and terrorist opposition to the TFG in Somalia and its wider activities in the region of the Horn of Africa. This resolution was referred to experts for further analysis and has yet to come up for a vote.

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Djibouti says Eritrea arming, training militias

CAIRO, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Djibouti's foreign minister accused neighbouring Eritrea on Sunday of arming and training militias to carry out sabotage in the tiny Horn of Africa country, and of fomenting chaos in the region.

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Djibouti Rejects Alleged Destabilization Role in Somalia

Eritrean President Isaias Afewerki blamed Djibouti, Kenya and Ethiopia for interfering in Somalia's internal political affairs, which he said has led to Somalia's instability.

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Djibouti calls on Security Council to act to resolve border dispute with Eritrea

29 September 2009 – The Security Council must take steps to solve the border dispute between Djibouti and Eritrea, Djibouti said today, warning that if the row is allowed to fester it will set a dangerous precedent for other crises around the world.

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Djibouti Facing Local Insurgency and Threats from Somali Islamists

Few nations in the world are as strategically important but as little known as Djibouti, a small desert nation of half a million people in the heart of the Horn of Africa. A lingering insurgency by the ethnic-Afar Front pour la Restauration de l’Unité et de la Démocratie (Front for the Restoration of Unity and Democracy – FRUD) that many believed was over in 2001 has reemerged as one of a number of security problems challenging Djibouti’s continued stability.

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Emboldened Al-Shabab Warns Djibouti Not to Send Troops to Somalia

A day after a brazen suicide attack in the African Union peacekeeper base in Mogadishu, Somali rebel Islamic group al-Shabab threatens neighboring Djibouti that a similar fate awaits its troops should they be sent to Somalia. The attack Thursday killed 21.

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Somalia MPs oppose Djibouti anti-piracy deal

MOGADISHU - A group of lawmakers in Somalia have rejected a new deal between the governments of Somalia and Djibouti, which states that Djibouti will be the base for anti-piracy training and operations, Radio Garowe reports.

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Djibouti to send 500 soldiers to Somalia

DJIBOUTI CITY - The government of the Republic of Djibouti is planning to send peacekeepers to neighboring Somalia soon, Radio Garowe reports.

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