Djibouti

Despite slowdown in early 2022 due to war in Ukraine, global inflation, severe drought and low Ethiopian demand, growth is expected to rebound to 5,3% in 2023 and 6,2% in 2024, according to latest edition of World Bank's Djibouti Economic Monitor

Minister of Communications, responsible for Post and Telecommunications, received two experts from the Postal Bank of France within the framework of the FEXTE project for a comprehensive needs assessment and the creation of a digital postal bank

A research observatory to study the impact of climate change has been inaugurated; established with the International Atomic Energy Agency, it will help the country better manage water and food resources

The governments of Djibouti and Ethiopia have expressed the need to increase electricity connectivity to boost socio-economic ties between the two neighbouring countries

Djibouti's National Assembly passed a law classifying the Frud-Armé as a terrorist group; the formation operates in remote areas near Ethiopia and Eritrea, where it also has a training camp, according to a report by UN investigators

In 2022, the first group of students graduates from the Luban Workshop in Djibouti; Africa's first Luban workshop was launched in Djibouti in March 2019 with the aim of providing quality vocational training to local population, particularly youngsters

The Ministry of the Interior organised the closing ceremony of National Identity Week last Thursday at the People's Palace

The country signed a memorandum of understanding with South Sudan for the advancement of industry during the South Sudan conference to expand cross-border trade investment and energy opportunities

President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh praised Vietnam's impressive economic achievements in recent years and called for greater cooperation with the Southeast Asian nation in the fields of trade, port services and fisheries

Under the auspices of the Minister of Interior Decentralisation, the Mayor of Djibouti City organised a ceremony to hand over sashes to 140 municipal councillors

Trade with Egypt saw a 15,7% y-o-y growth in 2021, with the value of trade between the two African countries registering $95m last year, compared to $82,1m in 2020

Italy has granted €1 million to Unicef to strengthen child protection systems, particularly on preventing and responding to violence and supporting legal and policy environment to access quality child protection and other basic social services