Djibouti

Djibouti lifts Covid-19 ban on international flights

DJIBOUTI (HORN OBSERVER) The Government of Djibouti has set July 18 as the new date for the resumption of international flights suspended in March due to the outbreak of Covid-19 epidemic.

AU envoy to Somalia extends goodwill message to Djibouti on its Independence Day

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) The Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia, Francisco Madeira, today, congratulated the government and the people of Djibouti on the country's 43rd Independence anniversary.

Journalists Leaders Launch The Congress of African Journalists, CAJ

Leaders of African Journalists organisations have today launched the Congress of African Journalists (CAJ) to face the current challenging effects of COVID-19 and the collateral impacts on press freedom, the safety of journalists, access to information, affecting journalists in the course of their work.

CPJ: One journalist in hiding, 2 others detained over protest coverage in Djibouti

New York, June 17, 2020 — Authorities in Djibouti should stop harassing journalists working with the La Voix de Djibouti broadcaster, and ensure that the press can cover matters of public interest without intimidation, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

RSF: Djibouti arrests two journalists, one of them RSF's correspondent

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the arrests of two Djiboutian journalists working for La Voix de Djibouti (LVD), their small Horn of African country's only independent media outlet, and calls for their unconditional release. One of them is also RSF's Djibouti correspondent.

EU announces €105.5 million of Covid-19 response support for Horn of Africa countries

BRUSSELS (HORN OBSERVER) The European Union (EU) is providing an additional €105.5 million to countries in the Horn of Africa as the coronavirus pandemic risks worsening the humanitarian situation across the region where many continue to suffer from armed conflict, displacement, and recurrent droughts…

Africa: Armed conflicts and state repression fuel cocktail of human rights violations

Protesters across sub-Saharan Africa have braved bullets and beatings to defend their rights in the face of continuing conflict and state repression, Amnesty International said today as it published its annual review of human rights in the region.

AfDB approves $1.5 million emergency grant to curb desert locusts ravaging East and Horn of Africa

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, April 2, 2020/ -- The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank on Wednesday approved a $1.5 million emergency relief grant to assist nine countries in the East and Horn of Africa on the control of swarms of desert locusts that are threatening livelihoods and food security. 

Somalia: UK supercomputer to combat Africa's worst locust outbreak in decades

A supercomputer funded by UK aid is helping countries in East Africa to tackle devastating locust outbreaks by tracking the insects' movements around the continent.

Turkish trained unit of the Somali national army (Gor Gor) arrive in Mogadishu

MOGADISHU, Somalia (Horn Observer) A unit of the national army trained in Turkey was warmly welcomed in Mogadishu's Adan Adde airport on Friday as government mobilizes troops along the border region of Gedo in the Jubbaland region of Somalia.