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Iran, Djibouti restore ties after 7 years: FM

The New Arab 23 Sep 2023
Iran announced on Friday the restoration of diplomatic ties with Djibouti more than seven years after it joined other regional nations in severing ties with Tehran in support of Saudi Arabia ... Djibouti, a strategic Gulf of Aden port, sits on one of the world's busiest shipping lanes and hosts military bases from China, France and the United States.
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India extends its sea legs to Oman and Mauritius to monitor Indian Ocean Region

Hindustan Times 22 Sep 2023
While the government is tight-lipped about these two most significant developments, HT learns that the facility in Duqm port in Oman has already been operationalised to maintain, repair and overhaul Indian ships as well as provide berthing, fuel and rest facilities to Indian Navy ships in the vicinity and travelling beyond.
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Blue-water ambitions: Is China looking beyond its neighborhood now it has the world’s largest navy?

CNN 02 Sep 2023
The Djibouti pier has the ability to receive Chinese blue-water ships, and these similarities suggest that Ream could support such vessels too ... “But, less than a year later, the PLA deployed ships from its South Sea Fleet to officially open its base in Djibouti, after which the PLA conducted six weeks of live-fire exercises,” he said.
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The remarkable story of how Yemen’s oil tanker disaster was averted by crowdfunding

The Observer 29 Aug 2023
For 30 years, the ship was a critical piece of infrastructure in Yemen’s booming oil industry, which at one time generated of government revenue. But the civil war broke out in 2014, and most of the Safer’s crew were forced to abandon ship, leaving behind its cargo ... passing ships.
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Wheat availability in East Africa to be influenced by international trade dynamics: WFP

China.dot.org 15 Aug 2023
Djibouti and Somalia rely exclusively on imports to meet their domestic wheat demand, it said ... Since July 2022, almost 876,000 metric tons (MT) of food were shipped to Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and Sudan thanks to the Black Sea Grain Initiative, of which more than 343,000 MT of wheat were shipped by the WFP, it said.
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Djibouti asserts maritime dominance with a naval garage

Capital Ethiopia 07 Aug 2023
The shipyard’s repair and maintenance capability is expected to attract more ships to Djibouti, further cementing its position as a regional trade and logistics hub ... Djibouti Ports and Free Zones Authority said that Djibouti Ship Repair Yard ambitious project follows the ‘Vision 2035’goal and aims to create up to 3,000 jobs.
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Latest in Ukraine: Putin Offers to Share Russia’s Rising Grain Profits

Voa News 30 Jul 2023
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS.. Saudi Arabia is to host talks in Jeddah on August 5-6 about Ukraine ... Russia, like Ukraine, is a major grain exporter ... U.N ... Under the Black Sea agreement, the World Food Program purchased and shipped 725,000 metric tons of grain to Afghanistan, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen over the past year ... Russian attacks ... .
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James Brooke: China gets a naval base in Cambodia

The Berkshire Eagle 29 Jul 2023
Just the way Djibouti controls a 10-mile wide chokepoint for ships passing through the Suez Canal, Ream is only 650 miles north of the Strait of Malacca, the point where the Indian Ocean meets the Pacific Ocean ... China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy, or PLAN, has more surface ships and submarines (350) than the U.S.
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Russia has not offered UN World Food Programme free grain

Yahoo Daily News 29 Jul 2023
By Michelle Nichols. UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Russia has not offered the U.N ... Ukrainian grain is a primary U.N. food aid source ... U.N ... Under the Black Sea export pact, the WFP purchased and shipped 725,000 tonnes of grain to Afghanistan, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen over the past year ... ....
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Latest in Ukraine: Putin Woos African Nations With Humanitarian Aid, Grain

Voa News 29 Jul 2023
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS. ... Poland, a NATO member, is worried that any skirmishes on its border could lead to a spillover of war on its territory ... U.N ... Under the Black Sea agreement, the World Food Program purchased and shipped 725,000 metric tons of grain to Afghanistan, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen over the past year ... Dnipro attack ... .
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How will landlocked Ethiopia get direct access to a port?

Al Jazeera 26 Jul 2023
For 30 years it’s been dependent on its neighbours – especially Djibouti – for access to ports and international shipping routes ... Presenter. Adrian Finighan. Guests. ... .
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Cambodian Ream Naval Base Modernized by China Nears Completion: Defense Ministry

Voa News 26 Jul 2023
There is a near-exact similarity between an angled deep-water pier located on the western shore of the Ream base and another military pier at the People’s Liberation Army Support Base in Djibouti ... It also has an outpost in Djibouti, at the mouth of the Red Sea.
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The race to defuse an oil ‘time bomb’ disaster threatening the Red Sea

Grist 25 Jul 2023
Ten days ago, the crew of a ship called the Nautica lifted anchor in Djibouti and motored north in the Red Sea ... It was to be decommissioned in 2000, according to Ian Ralby, a maritime-security consultant with IR Consilium who has done extensive research on the ship ... Such ships also have the integrity of their hulls regularly checked.
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BlackSky Releases Imagery of Near-Complete Chinese Military Naval Station in Cambodia

The Joplin Globe 24 Jul 2023
There is a near-exact similarity between an angled deep-water pier located on the western shore of the Ream base and another military pier at the People’s Liberation Army Support Base in Djibouti. Both main piers are 363 meters long and large enough to support any ship in China’s ...
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'Many may die' warns UN after end of Black Sea grain deal

Yahoo Daily News 21 Jul 2023
World Food Programme also shipped some 725,000 metric tons of Ukraine grain to aid operations in Afghanistan, Djibouti Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen ... Russia pounded Ukrainian food export facilities for a fourth day in a row on Friday and practiced seizing ships in the Black Sea.

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