Djibouti HRW Djibouti,human rights abuse report on May 21st 2023

On May 21st, 2023, a distressing report on human rights abuses in Djibouti emerged. The courageous act of Yasmin Ahmed Guedi, a Djiboutian mother, who shared a video addressing the dictator and seeking justice for her father’s death in a terrorist attack, shed light on the dire situation. Unfortunately, the response to her plea for […]

Breaking News: Ahmed Ali Mohamed, President of the ARD Federation of Obock, Released from Prison On Thursday, the president of the ARD federation of Obock and the ARD political party’s secretary, Ahmed Ali Mohamed, was released from Gabode prison after having spent a month behind bars. Although the court handed down a suspended sentence of […]

Paris, April 17, 2023, press release from CTD. The CTD, Charter for Democratic Transition in Djibouti, condemns the crackdown on the opposition in Djibouti. Not content with having expelled two mission chargés from the International Federation of Human Rights Leagues (FIDH) in mid-March 2023, the Djiboutian government has just decided on April 11, 2023, to […]

The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a mechanism established by the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to assess the human rights records of all UN member states. It is meant to be a constructive and collaborative process, with the aim of identifying areas of progress and challenges in the protection and promotion of human […]

“Arbitrary Arrest of ARD Member Following the Denunciation of Violent Assault on Eritrean Refugees in Obock Refugee Camp”. On April 12th, 2023, the opposition group, Republican Alliance for Development (ARD), a signatory of the Charter for a Democratic Transition in Djibouti (CTD), announced that their colleague Ahmed Ali Mohamed, who serves as the organization’s secretary […]

“Violent Assault on Eritrean Refugees in Obock Refugee Camp”. The Djiboutian political opposition party A R D (republican alliance for the development) , signatory of the C T D (charter for a democratic transition in Djibouti), reports that law enforcement officers violently assaulted Eritrean refugees in the Obock refugee camp for protesting against relocation to […]

Ongoing tensions at Dikhil in the south of Djibouti On the morning of Sunday, March 05, 2023, an armed conflict broke out in the locality of BAKERE, located a few kilometers from the sub-prefecture of AS EYLA (in the district of Dikhil). Armed individuals, from the recent wave of displaced Ethiopians, attacked the natives of […]

Major demonstration in Brussels pays off The CTD, a political organization fighting for democracy in Djibouti, along with the Somali people of Las Anod, organized a protest in Brussels (in front of the European union parliament) against the interference of the Djiboutian dictator IOG and the war crimes of Somaliland’s dictator Muuse Biixi in Las […]

Authorities confiscate passport belonging to the President of the ARD (signatory member of the CTD) Djiboutian authorities have confiscated the passport of Mr. Adan Mohamed Abdou upon his arrival at Djibouti International Airport. Mr. Abdou, President of the ARD, secretary general of the UDT and a member of the Horn of Africa Trade Union Confederation […]

Washington DC Djibouti’s bloodthirsty dictator IOG (Ismail Omar Guelleh) is now officially the cancer in the horn of Africa. Besides instigating violence  between the AFAR and the ISSA communities within Djibouti (see our article (https://djiboutian.com/dictator-iog-interfering-in-the-afar-issa-traditions/), the Djiboutian dictator is now accused of providing military support (ammunition and weapons) to the Somaliland dictator in Las Anod […]