A growing number of countries on Saturday rejected Israel’s recognition of Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland as an independent nation a day earlier, the first by ...

Federico Donelli is affiliated with the Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI), the Nordic Africa Institute (NAI), and the Orion Policy Institute (OPI) Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, ...

Guelleh, known as IOG, has held power in the tiny Horn of Africa nation since 1999. With a population of just one million, it's one of Africa's smallest countries but is also a major port that hosts ...

Djibouti’s parliament has removed the constitutional age ceiling for presidential candidates, opening the door for Ismail Omar Guelleh to seek a sixth term despite being 77 years old. All 65 lawmakers ...

A growing number of Americans could soon be living in shopping malls, as builders look to reinvent dying retail spaces to fix the nation’s housing shortage. The math is simple: there are not enough ...

Djibouti's investment-focused strategy has propelled average growth rates to about 6 percent over the past decade, leading to a doubling of GDP per capita. However, substantial public investment ...

The first closing of an Apple Store in mainland China hints at broader troubles facing the country’s shopping malls as developers open more of them despite a glut. By Keith Bradsher Reporting from ...

Shopping malls and cars have a rather interesting history. Victor Gruen, known as the father of the shopping mall, sought to bring the charm of European cities to the traditional American shopping ...

When large-scale shopping malls were being developed, they were built in places with easy transportation access, near densely populated areas to create a built-in customer base. Online shopping, food ...

American malls have been riddled with challenges over the last decade — from the death of big box stores like Sears and JCPenney, to new and hyper-online shopping habits forged by the pandemic. Today, ...

Nearly a dozen immigration officers and eight deportees are sick and stranded in a metal shipping container in the searing-hot East African nation of Djibouti, where they face the constant threat of ...

Why are hundreds of New Mexico National Guardsmen heading to Djibouti? This week saw farewell ceremonies in Las Cruces and Rio Rancho for 400 National Guard troops being deployed to Djibouti. Wait, ...