Photo of Grand Casino de Djibouti And Sheraton Hotel in Djibouti

South Sudan has signed an agreement to build an oil pipeline to the port of Djibouti via neighbouring Ethiopia, officials said Thursday, after Juba shut down its only export route via former foe Sudan.

[Sudan Tribune] Juba - South Sudan on Thursday said it has started talks with the Djibouti government to build an alternative oil pipeline through Ethiopia and Djibouti; weeks after the cabinet of the new nation passed a resolution shutting down oil production over a transit fee dispute with north Sudan.

[RSF] Reporters Without Borders roundly condemns radio journalist Farah Abadid Hildid's abduction by the police yesterday and the threats and torture to which he was subjected during the 24 hours he was held. Hildid works for La Voix de Djibouti, a radio station that broadcasts on the shortwave from Europe and is now also available on the Internet.

HARGEISA (Reuters) - PetroTrans, a Chinese oil and gas producer could conclude preliminary negotiations with Somaliland for the extension of the key port of Berbera by the end of this year, but has scrapped plans to build a liquefied natural gas facility. Philip Hirschler, a legal adviser for PetroTrans, said from London the firm planned to extend Berbera port's container and mineral export ...

[Shabelle] Mogadishu - The speaker of Somalia's Transitional Federal government Sharif Hassan Sheik Aden, has on Friday returned in the capital, Mogadishu after attending the international crises group summit held in neighboring Djibouti last week.

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed today the fifth review of Djibouti’s economic performance under the Extended Credit Facility 1 arrangement (ECF) and approved the authorities’ request for an augmentation of access of SDR 9.54 million (US$14.7 million, 60 percent of quota) to meet the additional external financing needs created by the increase in global ...

Service members stationed in Djibouti take health and safety courses.

Djibouti, Feb 7 : The international group that brings together the United Nations and its diplomatic partners in support of efforts to restore peace and stability in Somalia insisted on Monday that the country's current transitional governing arrangements must end on Aug 20 this year, as stipulated in recent agreements, and called for a new draft constitution by mid-April.

South Sudan has signed an agreement to build an oil pipeline to the port of Djibouti via neighbouring Ethiopia, officials said Thursday, after Juba shut down its only export route via former foe Sudan.

JUBA, Feb 09, 2012 (AFP) - South Sudan signed a agreement to build an oil pipeline to the port of Djibouti via neighbouring Ethiopia, officials said Thursday, after Juba shut down its only export route via former foe Sudan.