DJIBOUTI IN THE NEWS
Interview with Daher Ahmed Farah,
Djibouti's main opposition leader
On RFI English
Djibouti opposition leader is in Europe to raise attention about the tense political and social situation in the strategic Horn of Africa country.
Daher Ahmed Farah has been leading demonstration in Djibouti since the last parliamentary elections two years ago, where the opposition claims it's been rigged of MP seats.
An agreement has been signe last December to settle a compromise but has never been finalised.
In the meantime the country remains at the heart of security strategy for Western power in the Horn of Africa, in the fight against piracy, terrorists and against instabilities inside neighbouring countries as Eritrea and Sudan / South Sudan.
France has for instance thousands of troops as well as warships, aircraft and armoured vehicles and the US has stationed hundreds of troops in Djibouti, its only African base, in an effort to counter terrorism in the region.
But Daher Ahmed Farah told RFI's Melissa Chemam security cannot come without democratisation and good governance.
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