Established in 1978, Agence Djiboutienne d’Information is the official news agency of Djibouti.
Media assets
News agency: Agence Djiboutienne d’Information
State Media Matrix Typology: State-Controlled (SC)
Ownership and governance
The management of Agence Djiboutienne d’Information is discretionarily chosen by the government. One of the agency’s former directors, Yasser Hassan Boulo, was a government loyalist who also served on the board of the Communication Commission, a government-controlled media regulator, according to information obtained from local journalists in 2020.
Source of funding and budget
There is no information about the financing of Agence Djiboutienne d’Information. According to information obtained from local journalists in 2020, the government fully funds the agency.
Editorial independence
Agence Djiboutienne d’Information follows a set of strict editorial rules that are in place to secure positive coverage of the government, according to information obtained by local journalists in 2020.
No domestic statute and no independent mechanism to validate the editorial independence of Agence Djiboutienne d’Information have been identified.
June 2024