http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/DjiboutiFind stories, videos, and photos about Djibouti from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:53:15 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com//cnn/2009/WORLD/africa/09/02/kenya.food.crisis/tztop.dead.cattle.cnn.jpghttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Djibouti14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Djibouti from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/09/02/kenya.food.crisis/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/09/02/kenya.food.crisis/index.html#cnnSTCTextFor as long as anyone cares to remember, the pastoralists of Kenya's Rift Valley have fled with their herds to the fertile slopes of Mount Kenya when times are tough.Thu, 03 Sep 2009 04:39:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/06/22/somalia.unrest/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/06/22/somalia.unrest/index.html#cnnSTCTextSomalia's transitional government has the right to request military help from its neighbors against armed militants, the African Union said Monday, but Kenya was quick to reject the idea of sending troops and suggested the AU should spearhead such a move.Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:58:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/21/alleged.pirate.new.york/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/21/alleged.pirate.new.york/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe pirate suspect arrested in the hijacking of the Maersk Alabama was all smiles on arriving in New York City late Monday, escorted by a phalanx of law enforcement officers.Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:37:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/20/alleged.pirate.new.york/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/20/alleged.pirate.new.york/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe alleged pirate apprehended by the U.S. Navy after the hijacking of the Maersk Alabama is en route to New York, according to defense officials.Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:37:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/11/hijacked.tug/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/11/hijacked.tug/index.html#cnnSTCTextAn Italian tugboat sent a distress call to a NATO ship Saturday before it was hijacked by pirates in the Gulf of Aden, the tug's owner told CNN.Sat, 11 Apr 2009 18:38:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/02/24/somalia.clashes/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/02/24/somalia.clashes/index.html#cnnSTCTextHeavy clashes between Islamic insurgents and forces from the transitional government of Somalia Tuesday left at least 15 people dead and 60 others wounded, according to eyewitnesses, medics and residents.Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:22:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/02/23/au.somalia/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/02/23/au.somalia/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe African Union responded angrily and defiantly to the killing of at least 11 Burundian soldiers in an apparent suicide bomb attack Sunday in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu.Mon, 23 Feb 2009 10:44:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/02/04/somalia.journalist.killed/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/02/04/somalia.journalist.killed/index.html#cnnSTCTextA prominent Somali journalist was shot and killed by suspected Islamist gunmen in broad daylight on Wednesday, as one of his colleagues watched in horror.Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:26:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/26/somalia.takeover/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/26/somalia.takeover/index.html#cnnSTCTextRadical Islamist fighters seized control of the seat of Somalia's U.N.-backed transitional government Monday, raiding the parliament building and demanding that several lawmakers publicly surrender, according to a journalist who witnessed the spectacle.Tue, 27 Jan 2009 03:48:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/01/21/spain.piracy.taskforce/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/01/21/spain.piracy.taskforce/index.html#cnnSTCTextSpain will send up to 395 troops to combat piracy off the coast of Somalia as part of a European Union task force, the Spanish Parliament agreed on Wednesday.Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:44:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/13/ethiopia.somalia/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/13/ethiopia.somalia/index.html#cnnSTCTextEthiopian forces propping up Somalia's transitional government have begun their withdrawal from the country, pulling out of two key bases in Mogadishu, eyewitnesses and officials said Tuesday.Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:31:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/11/somalia.pirates/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/11/somalia.pirates/index.html#cnnSTCTextArmed pirates have hijacked a Philippines chemical tanker off the coast of Somalia, but Indian forces thwarted an attack on one of its vessels, authorities said Tuesday.Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:18:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/11/somalia.towns.seized/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/11/somalia.towns.seized/index.html#cnnSTCTextAn Islamic militia took over two strategic towns in Somalia Tuesday in a territory grab by the strengthening insurgency, a regional commander told CNN.Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:45:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/09/24/somalia.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/09/24/somalia.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCTextIslamist militants launched a massive assault on African Union peacekeepers in the Somali capital Wednesday, sparking battles that killed at least 17 civilians, according to witnesses and journalists in Mogadishu.Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:28:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/10/yemen.refugees/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/10/yemen.refugees/index.html#cnnSTCTextOne hundred twenty African refugees -- most of them fleeing war-torn Somalia -- were forced overboard at gunpoint off the coast of Yemen, leaving at least 26 dead and 20 missing, the United Nations' refugee agency said Wednesday.Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/08/21/Somalia.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/08/21/Somalia.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCTextHeavy shelling struck Somalia's capital city on Thursday, leaving pools of blood around a neighborhood mosque, a devastated market and 11 civilians dead, according to witnesses and a local journalist.Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:32:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/08/21/somalia.pirates/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/08/21/somalia.pirates/index.html#cnnSTCTextPirates hijacked three ships off the coast of Somalia on Thursday in the "worst number of attacks" in one day in many years, an international maritime watchdog said.Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:47:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1811651,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1811651,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsSomalia is facing its worst humanitarian crisis in a decade, and the situation is deteriorating, an international aid agency said WednesdayWed, 04 Jun 2008 12:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/04/11/yacht.pirates/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/04/11/yacht.pirates/index.html#cnnSTCTextFrench troops are holding six pirates after the 30-member crew of a luxury yacht hijacked a week ago off Somalia's coast were released, officials said Friday.Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:57:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/03/25/somalia.crisis/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/03/25/somalia.crisis/index.html#cnnSTCTextNearly 40 relief agencies serving Somalia said Tuesday they can't help millions of Somalis, blaming the existence of too many checkpoints, danger that aid workers face and "a lack of respect for international humanitarian law by all parties to the conflict."Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:11:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2008/02/20/news/international/Dubai_djibouti.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/02/20/news/international/Dubai_djibouti.fortune/index.htmIt's always tough driving in the wilds of East Africa. But in the tiny country of Djibouti, our driver explains, it's tougher than usual. "Djiboutian goats don't scare," he says, holding down the horn and swerving. We're driving 100 mph the wrong way down a winding road through terrain so apocalyptic that British soldiers, back when they ruled the world, nicknamed this parched earth the Furthest Shag of the Never-Never Land.Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:14:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/20/bush.africa/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/20/bush.africa/index.html#cnnSTCTextPresident Bush sought Wednesday to dispel rumors that the U.S. plans to bring "all kinds of military to Africa," saying that is "simply not true."Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:36:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/12/25/somalia.journalist/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/12/25/somalia.journalist/index.html#cnnSTCTextA French reporter kidnapped eight days ago in Somalia was released Monday, a journalists' group in the country said.Tue, 25 Dec 2007 12:45:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/conditions/10/16/indonesia.birdflu/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/conditions/10/16/indonesia.birdflu/index.htmlThe latest bird flu victim in Indonesia, a 67-year-old woman, died Sunday in Bandung, West Java, the Indonesian Bird Flu Information Center reported Monday.Mon, 16 Oct 2006 05:22:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/conditions/08/09/indonesia.birdflu/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/conditions/08/09/indonesia.birdflu/index.htmlTwo more people in Indonesia have died from avian influenza, the World Health Organization confirmed Thursday.Thu, 10 Aug 2006 01:43:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/02/18/helicopter.crash/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/02/18/helicopter.crash/index.htmlThe 10 crew members missing after the crash of two U.S. Marine Corps helicopters off the coast of the eastern African nation of Djibouti "have been accounted for," the U.S. military said Saturday.Sat, 18 Feb 2006 12:46:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/02/17/helicopter.crash/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/02/17/helicopter.crash/index.htmlTwo U.S. Marine Corps helicopters crashed into the water off the coast of the east African nation of Djibouti late Friday. Two of the 12 people aboard the choppers were rescued and the search continued for the 10 others, the Pentagon said.Fri, 17 Feb 2006 23:02:00 EST