USN makes progress through talks with ruling party 22 Aug 2013 | 03:56 pm

Djibouti’s opposition Union for National Salvation (USN) announced this week (19 August) that it reached an agreement with the government that address USN’s concerns over February’s contested parliame...

Daher Ahmed Farah is released 22 Aug 2013 | 03:44 pm

Reporters Without Borders announced this week that Daher Ahmed Farah (DAF), an opposition activist and former journalist, was finally released on 14 August after being held in prison since 2 July on a...

Sheikh Johar Ahmed speaks out for justice in Djibouti 15 Aug 2013 | 01:07 pm

Ali Deberkale Ahmed speaks out against human rights abuses 7 Aug 2013 | 02:19 pm

The official European Union representative of the Union Pour Le Salut National (USN), Ali Deberkale Ahmed, has stated that the Djibouti regime is guilty of “extremely serious human rights violations a...

USAID intervention in Djibouti signals failure of IOG regime to support poor 17 Jul 2013 | 08:55 pm

The U.S. Agency for International Development [USAID] has released the first tranche of its $4 million contribution in 2013 to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) for the Republic of Djibout...

European Parliament makes important intervention on Djibouti 5 Jul 2013 | 02:04 pm

The European Parliament has passed an important resolution on Djibouti that further underlines the growing level of international pressure upon the Guelleh regime at a time of oppression, repression a...

Reporters without Borders condemns oppression towards journalists 2 Jul 2013 | 02:51 pm

Reporters Without Borders (RWB), a France-based NGO which promotes and defends freedom of information and freedom on the press, has condemned the oppressive treatment that journalists continue to rece...

A vision for Djibouti – statement following court hearing in London, 7 June 2013 7 Jun 2013 | 10:29 pm

The UK Commercial Court has today struck out criminal claims brought by the Government of Djibouti against Abdourahman Boreh, an international businessman and leading opposition campaigner. The defenc...

A vision for Djibouti – statement following court hearing in London, 7 June 2013 7 Jun 2013 | 10:29 pm

The UK Commercial Court has today struck out criminal claims brought by the Government of Djibouti against Abdourahman Boreh, an international businessman and leading opposition campaigner. The defen...

Reporters Without Borders calls for the release of Maydaneh Abdallah Okieh 29 May 2013 | 04:02 pm

Maydaneh Abdallah Okieh, a technician responsible for the news website La Voix de Djibouti, has been detained in Djibouti since 15 May. The charges are the result of Okieh posting photographs on his F...