Djibouti News » Obock News Djibouti » Obock » History: Starvation and drowning on the deadly Horn of Africa migrant route
Obock (Djibouti) (AFP) – On a vast, sun-scorched plain in Djibouti, dozens of men made the days-long trek home after their plan failed to cross one of the world's deadliest migration routes from ...
News Djibouti » Obock » History: A Homemade Museum for Yemeni Refugees in Djibouti
The desert plain between the Gulf of Aden and the Mabla Mountains, in northern Djibouti, is a rutted landscape of ochre sand and rocks, dotted with gnarled acacia trees. In summer, it is swept by dust ...
News Djibouti » Obock » History: Djibouti: Harassment, Arrests and Ill-Treatment in Obock Region
On 22 June 2015, Alkarama and the Djiboutian League of Human Rights (LDDH) sent an urgent appeal to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) and the Special Rapporteur on Torture ...
News Djibouti » Obock » History: All roads lead to Djibouti as refugees flee Yemen even as migrants head there
Refugees sailing across the Bab-el-Mandeb strait to escape Yemen’s civil war are passing migrants heading in the opposite direction in search of a better life Newcomers do not want to stay long in ...
News Djibouti » Obock » History: So near and yet so far: Yemeni refugees stuck in Djibouti
The war in Yemen triggered a little-reported flood of refugees fleeing across the sea to Djibouti, where they try to recreate a normal life. James Jeffrey reports from a remote camp near the desert ...
News Djibouti » Obock » History: What a town in Djibouti could teach Europe about refugees
The reception of refugees, in fact, has nothing to do with a country's resources, size or population. It is only a matter of political will Every debate on migration, either forced or economic, is ...
News Djibouti » Obock » History: Confirmed: Construction Begins on China’s First Overseas Military Base in Djibouti
‘There Is Zero Accountability’: India’s ‘Cockroaches’ Question Modi and a Broken System China’s defense ministry has confirmed that construction has started on its “support facilities” in Djibouti. A ...