"L'ARD est un parti politique d'opposition fondé par l'ancien
premier ministre Ahmed Dini Ahmed, décédé le 12 septembre
2004. Le parti est dirigé actuellement par Ahmed Youssouf Houmed, et édite
un bulletin d'information hebdomadaire, "Réalité".
http://www.ard-djibouti.org
In French. Afar culture and society, songs, news, press releases from the
various political parties, writers (such as Abdourahman A. Waberi), contemporary
and historical postcards, the Afar language, organizations such as the Association
for Afar History, links to other Afar sites and more. [KF] http://www.arhotabba.com/
In French, some pages in English and German. Extensive site with communiques,
interviews, letters, reports on human rights problems in Djibouti. http://www.ardhd.org
In French. Official site. "L’article 1er de ses statuts stipule
que la Banque Centrale de Djibouti "dispose du privilège de l’émission
monétaire nationale". History of the Djibouti franc, monetary indicators,
balance of payments, the annual report (download in zip format), photographs
of currency from 1888 to the 1980s. [KF] http://www.banque-centrale.dj/
"COMESA [formerly the PTA] exists as an organisation of free independent
sovereign states which have agreed to co-operate in developing their natural
and human resources for the good of all their people'. With its 19 member
states and population of 300 million it forms a major integrated trading
block." Information on customs tariffs by country, road/transport
including road distances, economic profiles for each country (Angola,
Burundi, Comoros, D.R. Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar,
Malawi, Mauritius, Namibia, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania,
Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe) etc. Has the text of Doing
Business with COMESA: the Handbook, legal guides to establishing
business, etc. http://www.comesa.int/
Private-sector airline operating in in Somalia and Djibouti. Established
in Djibouti in March 1991 with executive offices in Dubai - U.A.E. http://www.daallo.com/
In French. Extensive annotated directory on all aspects of Djibouti,
Somalia. Has a discussion forum. Based in Villejuif, France. [KF] http://www.djibnet.com/
In French. Official site. Government directory, education, geography, history,
tourism, culture (photographs, music audio files), photographs.
http://www.republique-djibouti.com/
In French. Has selected full text government decrees online and other documents
such as the May 12, 2001 Accord de Reforme et de Concorde Civile.
Find laws and decrees by topic such as Politique Nationale de la Femme. On
the Djibouti Government's web site.
http://www.presidence.dj/page5.htm
In French. Has many statistics,
the full text of the investment code, the current budget, the Bulletin
information economique. [KF] http://www.mefpp.org/
In French. Includes statistics, full text of legislation, map of the education
system, their Bulletin, news, links to related sites. http://www.education.gov.dj/
In French. Has the full text, in French and English, of the Djibouti National
ICT Strategy and its accompanying Action Plan for Djibouti. [KF] http://www.mccpt.dj/
In French. History, folklore, beautiful photographs, information for travelers,
message forum, links to Djibouti information. Site by Montagut Serge. http://www.djiboutiweb.net/
Edited by Siegbert Uhlig. Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz, 2003 - ISBN: 3447047461. Web site about the print encyclopaedia which covers Ethiopia, Eritrea,Djibouti, Somalia, Sudan. Coverage is from prehistoric times up to 1974. A page of corrections to Vol. 1 is available. Has links to related sites. Editorial headquarters are at the Institute of African and Ethiopian Studies, Hamburg University, Hamburg, Germany. http://www.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/EAE/
Vol. 1 is in "Selected Reference Books, 2003" in the official journal of the Assocation of College and Research Libraries, American Library Association, College & Research Libraries, March 2004, Vol. 65, No. 2, p. 171. From the article - "destined to be the classic resource in its area for years to come" "By any measure, this is an outstanding achievement..."
Formerly the Intergovernmental Authority on Drought and Development (IGADD)
which was created in 1986 by Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan
and Uganda to co-ordinate development in the Horn of Africa. The State
of Eritrea became the seventh member of IGADD in September 1993 after
its independence. Has press releases. Based in Djibouti. http://igad.int/
Founded 1989 at the Univ. of Durham (UK). One of its most useful features
is a keyword
searchable News Database which retrieves articles from the BBC
Summary of World Broadcasts, West Africa, Keesings, and other sources.
One can also do keyword searches of messages posted to their email
discussion list, Int-Boundaries. Has "Summary of National Maritime
Claims" (Jan. 1996) which includes African countries, and links to related
net resources. [KF]
http://www-ibru.dur.ac.uk
Official site. The Djibouti
and the IIMF section has full text reports, statistical reports. Use
their Search to
find actions by the IMF affecting African countries. Locate full
text reports on African countries. http://www.imf.org/
"an effort to engage civil society groups and individuals in exploring
alternative approaches to security policy." Has full text reports on
the Horn of Africa military profiles (including Djibouti), Kenya, Somalia,
Somaliland, Sudan, Uganda. From Project
Ploughshares, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, Waterloo, Canada.
[KF] http://www.ploughshares.ca/content/BUILD%20PEACE/IRG.html
In French. "Journal indépendant de tous les Djiboutiens de l'opposition." Newspaper
of the opposition. Older issues only from 20 septembre 1999 to 31 mai 2001.
http://www.ardhd.org/francais/liberte.htm
Facts on and travel information about Djibouti, includes travelers'
reports. On the web site of the travel guide publisher, Lonely
Planet. http://www.lonelyplanet.com/dest/afr/dji.htm
"...electronic encyclopedia of business and commercial information." Information
on Djibouti's
telecom / info tech, oil and gas. MBendi Information Services (Pty) Ltd is
a privately owned Internet business publishing and consulting company. Based
in Cape Town, South Africa. http://mbendi.co.za/
Information on the internet and networking in Djibouti. Has full text documents
providing a history of the internet in Djibouti. NSRC, run by Randy Bush,
John Klensin, Steven Huter, Michael Downhill, is a major site for information
on electronic networking
in Africa.
Aug. 1994- May 1995 issues of a "monthly newsletter from Addis Ababa
covering many grassroots developments relating to the Horn of Africa.".
A few references to Djibouti. On the web site of the International Political
Economy Network (Boulder, Colo.). The site also has an NNS paper on structural
adjustment and trade in the Horn (nns.esap.position.paper).
http://csf.colorado.edu/ipe/africa.html
In French. Information about Djibouti and Ethiopia. Includes photographs,
a bibliography. geography, history. Maintained by Olivier Cuenot, who has
a BSc. in computer science from the University of Wolverhampton. http://al.oueb.free.fr/
In French, English, Portuguese, Spanish. L’Organisation internationale
de la Francophonie (an inter-governmental organization of Francophone countries)
Facts about Djibouti from Hachette. http://www.francophonie.org/
In French. Has a full text report from the election obsever mission - Djibouti
: élections présidentielles (9 avril 1999, 20 pages, in
Adobe pdf). From the Organisation
internationale de la francophonie (Paris). http://www.francophonie.org/oif/publications/missions.htm
Opposition political party. Profiles of party leaders, party statutes,
a selection of articles from their journal, Le Renouveau. Has older
issues of Le Renouveau. http://www.mrd-djibouti.org/
Has detailed (U.S. C.I.A.) country political and relief maps and a 1981 map
of the capital, Djibouti.
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/africa.html
In French. "La volonté politique de créer une université à Djibouti
s'est concrétisée dès la rentrée scolaire 2000/2001 avec l'ouverture le 14/10/2000
du Pôle Universitaire de Djibouti, établissement regroupant en son sein l'ensemble
des formations supérieures de l'Éducation Nationale." Also describes
l 'Institut Supérieur des Affaires de Djibouti (ISAD), l'Institut de Formation
Universitaire de Djibouti, and other institutes. http://www.univ.edu.dj/
Retrieves a few citations to publications on Djibouti from a database covering
issues of Population Index from 1986-1996 (Vols. 52-62). Topics include
statistics, mortality, refugees. The Index is published by Princeton
University's Office of Population Research. http://opr.princeton.edu/popindex/
In French and Arabic. Ruling party. Has party structure, history, statutes,
editorials, interviews, lists of elected parliamentary candidates by district,
as well as sections on political, economic, women's, youth, health, water
sanitation, housing, and educational issues. Has President's professional
biography. Links to the presidency web site, some governmental ministries,
the central bank of Djibouti, and more. Party and web site based in Djibouti.
[CA] http://www.rpp.dj
In French. Organe d'information du PRD, the Party for Democratic Renewal.
A few older issues are online from the Djibouti political party. Issues also
on the PRD party web site. http://liberte-aref.com/francais/renouv.htm
Country profile, political profile, human development indicators. economic
indicators, military statistics, communications. http://www.alertnet.org/thefacts/countryprofiles/214431?version=1
Internet service provider. 75% Djibouti government-owned. Has lists of
hotels, restaurants, educational institutions. Based in Djibouti. http://www.intnet.dj/
Has speeches by Djibouti President Ismail Omar Guelle on Somalia, a page
on the Djibouti Peace Initiative On Somalia, progress report of the Djibouti
National Commission for Peace in Somalia, etc. http://www.somalia-rebirth.dj/
In French. A coalition of four political parties including the ruling RPP. "...l’UMP
regroupe quatre mouvements à savoir le Rassemblement Populaire pour
le Progrès (RPP), le Front Uni pour la Démocratie (FRUD), le
Parti Nationale Démocratique (PND) et le Parti Populaire Social-Démocrate
(PPDS)." Has list of candidates for the January 2003 parliamentary elections,
articles, speeches, and meetings, some of them in audiovisual format. Web
site based in Djibouti. [CA] http://www.ump.dj/umpindex.htm
In French. Has the coalition's political, social, health, and educational
views as well as party's meetings schedule. Has Tadjourah district candidates'
photographs. Links to "arhotaba.com" an online guide to the Afars
culture. Based in Tadjourah-ville, Djibouti. Web site based in France. [CA]
http://membres.lycos.fr/tadjump
Use the Search
the Development Experience System to locate print documents which can be purchased. Reports
are from USAID consultants on foreign aid, African education,
African agriculture, trade, health (including HIV/AIDS), food security, environment,
democracy & governance, communications, energy, housing, humanitarian
assistance, population, science, women in development. http://www.dec.org/
Lists the President, Cabinet members, the Governor of the Central Bank,
the country's Ambassador to the U.S., and its U.N. Representative. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/world-leaders-1/world-leaders-d/djibouti.html
Information on geography, people, government, economy, transportation,
communication, defense. Has a map. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/dj.html
Created in 2002, U.S. military force stationed in Djibouti at Camp Lemonier. News, photographs, video clips. "The Combined Joint Task Force–Horn of Africa is a unit of United States Central Command that conducts operations and training to assist host nations to combat terrorism in order to establish a secure environment and enable regional stability. The mission is focused on detecting, disrupting and ultimately defeating transnational terrorist groups operating in the region."http://www.hoa.centcom.mil/
Directory of key diplomats representing their countries in the U.S. Djibout Embassy in the U.S.: address, ambassador and other officials. http://www.state.gov/s/cpr/rls/dpl/
U.S. Department of State. Djibouti Country Report on Human Rights
Practices
Maps, travel, language information, etc. Site created by Julie Sisskind,
now maintained by Ali Dinar. UPenn has a search
facility where one can input keywords to receive information found on
their very large web site. http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Country_Specific/Djibouti.html
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