2026 in Djibouti
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Events in the year 2026 in Djibouti.
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]- 24 March – At least nine people die, and 45 go missing, after a migrant boat carrying 320 people is wrecked off the northern coast near Obock.[1]
- 10 April – 2026 Djiboutian presidential election: Incumbent Ismaïl Omar Guelleh is reelected to a sixth term as president with 97.81% of the vote.[2]
- 9 May – Ismaïl Omar Guelleh is inaugurated for his sixth term as president.[3]
- 17 May – President Guelleh unveils his new cabinet.[4]
- 16 September – Interior Minister Omar Abdi Said announces that over 2,500 Yemeni refugees fleeing from the Yemeni civil war arrived in the country.[5]
- 8–9 October – A boat carrying migrants capsizes off the Djiboutian coast, killing 139 passengers.[6]
Holidays
[edit]Source:[7]
- 1 January – New Year's Day
- 16 January – Isra' and Mi'raj
- 20–21 March – Eid al-Fitr
- 1 May – Labour Day
- 26–27 May – Eid al-Adha
- 16 June – Muharram
- 27–28 June – Independence Day
- 25 August – Milad un-Nabi
- 25 December – Christmas Day
References
[edit]- ↑ Biryabarema, Elias (26 March 2026). "Nine dead, 45 missing after shipwreck off Djibouti, IOM says". Reuters. Retrieved 27 March 2026.
- ↑ "Djibouti President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh is reelected for a sixth term". AP. 11 April 2026. Archived from the original on 11 April 2026. Retrieved 11 April 2026.
- ↑ "Djibouti President Ismaïl Guelleh sworn in as region pushes for economic integration". The Star. 2026-05-09. Retrieved 2026-05-18.
- ↑ "President Guelleh names new 26-member cabinet including 8 women". Africanews. 2026-05-18. Retrieved 2026-05-18.
- ↑ "Djibouti calls for assistance as thousands of Yemenis flee to country". Al Jazeera. 2026-09-16. Retrieved 2026-09-16.
- ↑ "139 migrants, including children, die after boat capsizes off Djibouti". Associated Press. 2026-10-11. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- ↑ "Djibouti Public Holidays 2026". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
