The tiny African state of Djibouti has reportedly ordered the US to vacate its secondary Obock military base in the nation in a bid to turn over the installation to the Chinese military and its contingent of 10,000 troops, raising major concerns in Washington, which holds the largest military base in Djibouti, Camp Lemonnier.

Djibouti has launched a crackdown on the illegal employment of foreigners in private companies in the Red Sea country.

The Djibouti President Ismail Omar Guelleh on Tuesday congratulated Kenya's president-elect Uhuru Kenyatta.

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DJIBOUTI (Reuters) - Djibouti's President Ismail Omar Guelleh garnered 80.58 percent of votes cast in the country's elections on Friday, provisional results showed on Saturday, giving him a third term in power.

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The Djibouti republic is training 600 Somali police to support the Somali government bring peace in Somalia. The African Union commission deputy special representative Wafula Wamunyinyi told reporters in Nairobi on Monday that two hundred police men will take three months training in Manyani, Kenya.

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Djibouti and Eritrea have signed an agreement that see the Qatari government as mediators. Qatar is also to deploy its troops on the Eritrea-Djibouti border in a move that helps out a pressured Djiboutian government.

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The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) announced that the mission is set to train 500 Somali police officers as parts of its peacemaking efforts in Somalia, where the government is battling with Islamist insurgents.