Africa Djibouti 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
Africa Djibouti 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
Africa Djibouti The Ethiopia-Djibouti railway, built by China, started on Thursday to transport vehicles from Djibouti ports to Addis Ababa
Africa Djibouti 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
Africa Djibouti 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
Africa Djibouti 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
Africa Djibouti Livestock terminal at Djibouti's Doraleh Multi-Purpose Port will be also used by Ethiopia, as per a Memorandum of Understanding signed on 12 July by Ministers of the two countries
Africa Djibouti Fortescue Future Industries announced a new partnership with the government, signing a framework agreement that gives the company access to "study the possibilities of renewable energy resources" in the nation
Africa Djibouti A transit and protection centre for street children and vulnerable migrants has been inaugurated after more than three years of work by IOM, the Government of Djibouti and the European Union Delegation in Djibouti
Africa Djibouti Minister of Communications with responsibility for Post and Telecommunications, Radwan Abdillahi Bahdon, presided over the closing ceremony of the training workshop for the country's media professionals
Africa Djibouti The chairman of the African Development Bank Group met with President Guelleh over the weekend to discuss ways to transform Djibouti into an information, communication and technology hub in East Africa
Africa Djibouti The country became the second African country to benefit from the FIFA Foundation's Football for Schools initiative, which organised a three-day workshop with theory modules and practical sessions
Africa Djibouti Djibouti Telecom took a big step forward with the landing this Friday of a new submarine cable called 2 Africa; it is the ninth to land in the country and will increase connectivity capabilities