It is nevertheless extraordinary to see how much the colonial powers persist in reserving the right to question the sovereignty of African states. In Djibouti, the telecommunications company Huwaei, engaged in a direct battle with the United States, is now cited in a case of espionage, whose main actor Omar Guelleh. The president of Djibouti who still refuses to offer his country on a silver platter to the Western powers, largely involved in the Horn of Africa, does not have the same prejudices with the Chinese. The authorities of Djibouti have committed the sin of building the residential palace with the help of the Chinese.

According to the website HCH24, these buildings are full of spy devices made in Huawei that the president uses when Western leaders are welcomed!

The ubiquitous Chinese

In 2016, the body of the Republican Guard, the elements of this special body in charge of monitoring the Djiboutian presidency and all the premises of the presidency were equipped with telecommunications equipment from the Chinese brands Huawei and Techno. According to information received from senior officers of the National Gendarmerie and the police, there is in the new extension of the Djiboutian presidential palace a room equipped with Chinese espionage equipment that fulfill two missions: to scramble the external espionage equipment to palace; transmit live, at the Doraleh Chinese military base, all information exchanges during meetings between Western officials and the President of the Republic of Djibouti. "

The site evokes the case of the visit of Emmanuel Macron, president of France, on March 12, 2019, during his stay in the extension of the presidential palace of the stopover, from where he was wiretapped for the account Chinese people.

Guelleh, victim of the West

The goal of Guelleh would be to pretend to be a victim of the West to China. He tries to make the Chinese understand that he is under unbearable pressure because of his rapprochement with Beijing.

Thus, Ismaël Omar Guelleh now has a protector in international forums that will allow him to extend his mandates at the helm of the country! Would Chinese Huwaei's listening devices be likely to paralyze the espionage system of the camp opposite? Perhaps ... But Westerners are especially worried that the Chinese military, obviously on the lookout, quickly reach the presidential palace to prevent a possible coup attempt against Guelleh.

After all, the Sudanese experience, largely inspired by Emirati-backed Egypt, could recur in Djibouti, which has closed its doors to US-backed Gulf countries.