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Djibouti
Ruling party ructions as congress looms

Djibouti's finance minister, Ilyas Moussa Dawaleh, is seeking to take charge of preparations for an extraordinary congress of the ruling party, scheduled for early 2024. [...]

Published on 06/12/2023 at 05:40 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed
Ali Abdi Farah
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Mohamed Gaas Barkhadleh
Mouna Osman Aden
Rassemblement Populaire pour le Progres
Saleban Daher Bileh

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