[African Arguments] With only a few exceptions, states have needed a minimum level of freedom and commitment to rule of law for sustained economic success.

[UN News] Misrah, an undocumented migrant worker, and her family, left their home in Ethiopia hoping for a better life. Instead, her three children are now dead, drowned during a perilous sea crossing across the Gulf of Aden, when the overloaded boat...

[ISS] President Guelleh's controversial fifth term is more likely to be tested by regional than domestic challenges.

[UNEP] Near Omar Gona's house in Djibouti's Tadjourah city stands a wall three metres high and five metres thick. What might be an eyesore for some is a godsend for the city because the wall holds back the monsoon rains that have decimated people's l...

[Ethiopian Herald] Addis Ababa -- The United States Department of State named on Friday a veteran diplomat Jeffrey Feltman as a special envoy to the Horn of Africa.

[EU Navfor] Last Wednesday, the German contingent of the Support Element Atalanta performed its last retreat ceremony.

[Egypt Online] President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has stressed Egypt's firm stance on the need to reach a legally binding agreement on the filling and operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile.

[Unicef] Djibouti City, Djibouti -- IOM, the International Organization for Migration, and UNICEF, have confirmed that at least 16 children and 27 adults have died after a migrant ship controlled by people smugglers capsized off the coast of Djibouti...

[State Department] The United States looks forward to working with the government of President Ismail Omar Guelleh and the people of Djibouti to advance our common interests following Djibouti's presidential election on April 9. We appreciate the wor...

[MAP] Rabat -- His Majesty King Mohammed VI has sent a message of congratulations to Mr. Ismaïl Omar Guelleh following his re-election as President of the Republic of Djibouti.

[Nation] Djibouti President Ismael Omar Guelleh will begin his fifth term in office after collecting the highest vote percentage since he came to power in 1999, even as various opposition groups boycotted the polls.

[RFI] Djibouti President Ismael Omar Guelleh has been re-elected for a fifth term after winning more than 98 percent of the vote in Friday's elections which were boycotted by the main opposition.

[VOA] The president of Djibouti, Ismail Omar Guelleh, has been declared the winner of Friday's presidential election in the tiny but strategic Horn of Africa nation.