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Djibouti
Mohamed al-Amoudi tightens his family's grip on hotel business

Saudi-Ethiopian magnate Mohamed al-Amoudi. © Mohamed al-Amoudi/Facebook

By appointing one of his sons-in-law to the board of the firm whose portfolio includes the Sheraton hotels in Djibouti and Addis Ababa, the Saudi-Ethiopian magnate has consolidated his control over his Djiboutian subsidiary. [...]

Published on 04/01/2021 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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