23/02/2024 (Brève 2386) PRESS RELEASE from FRUD MILITARY COMMAND (English version) SIGNIFICANT CLASHES BETWEEN THE FRUD AND AND

On the night of February 22 to 23, 2024, significant clashes took place in the surrounding area and in the Daoudaouya (District of Dikhil) military camp between  FRUD fighters and the Djiboutian government army.

Many soldiers  fled, the FRUD took control of the military camp for a few hours, and  seized all the weapons stocks.

A truck leaving Dikhil, carrying military reinforcements, fell into an ambush.

Results: several deaths and injuries among the Army, no losses among the FRUD