Reuters: Djibouti News

UPDATE 1-Yemenia airline avoids EU blacklist despite crash

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:02:38 +0000

* Sao Tome identified as haven for airlines dodging ban

Yemenia airline avoids EU blacklist despite crash

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:15:13 +0000

BRUSSELS, Nov 27 (Reuters) - The European Union added all airlines from Djibouti, the Republic of Congo and Sao Tome et Principe to its airline safety blacklist on Friday, but Yemenia Yemen Airways avoided inclusion despite a fatal crash in June.

INTERVIEW-Ethiopia sees power production up 900 pct in 10 yrs

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:22:41 +0000

ADDIS ABABA, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Ethiopia will start exporting power to neighbouring Sudan and Djibouti in 2010 and plans to produce 15,000 MW of power within 10 years, its mines and energy minister said on Tuesday.

Move at UN to sanction Eritrea over Somalia links

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:52:21 +0000

* Russia, China will have problems with draft - diplomats

WFP says needs $1 bln for east Africa food aid

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:14:05 +0000

ROME, Nov 18 (Reuters) - The U.N. emergency food aid agency needs $1 billion to feed 20 million people in east Africa over the next six months, it said on Wednesday.

EU to provide 100 troops for training Somali force

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:13:31 +0000

BRUSSELS, Nov 17 (Reuters) - The European Union plans to send some 100 troops to Uganda next year to train Somali government forces who are fighting Islamist insurgents, European officials said on Tuesday.

DIARY - East Africa

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:48:52 +0000

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Djibouti says Eritrea arming, training militias

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:11:41 +0000

CAIRO, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Djibouti's foreign minister accused neighbouring Eritrea on Sunday of arming and training militias to carry out sabotage in the tiny Horn of Africa country, and of fomenting chaos in the region.

INTERVIEW-Eritrea blames Somalia's neighbours for violence

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:45:21 +0000

ASMARA, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki said on Wednesday that years of interference by neighbouring countries had fuelled the violence in Somalia.

DIARY - East Africa

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:17:17 +0000

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