Archive for the ‘Djibouti’ Category

Somaliland Opens New Berbera Port Terminal
July 1st, 2021

Via African Business, a report on the development of Somalialand’s Berbera port, which reduces landlocked Ethiopia’s reliance on the port of Djibouti for trade, and fuels optimism in the breakaway region of Somaliland: UAE port operator DP World and the government of Somaliland opened a new container terminal in the Berbera port on Thursday, signalling […]

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China Consolidates Its Commercial Foothold in Djibouti
January 30th, 2021

Via The Diplomat, a report on how China’s presence in Africa’s smallest country is far more extensive than just a military base: Djibouti, located at the far end of the Horn of Africa, is the country with the smallest acreage on the African continent. But its proximity to the Middle East, its location on the energy […]

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