Djibouti adopts loan for first oncology centre
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on ADI
Djibouti’s National Assembly adopted nine bills on Thursday, including a supplementary budget for 2026 and a loan from the Islamic Development Bank to finance the country’s first national oncology centre. MPs also approved a reform of the associations regime and the accounts of seven public institutions, according to ADI.
Djibouti’s National Assembly adopted nine bills on Thursday, including a loan agreement from the Islamic Development Bank to finance the country’s first national oncology centre. MPs also adopted a supplementary budget for 2026 and texts reforming the associations regime, according to ADI.
Prime Minister Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed said the future centre should enable earlier cancer detection and allow more patients to be treated in Djibouti, notably to reduce medical evacuations abroad. He highlighted the role of the National Social Security Fund in the project, in partnership with the Ministry of Health.
MPs also examined the accounts of seven public institutions for the 2024 and 2025 financial years. Several lawmakers questioned the government about the new rules applicable to associations and the conditions of the financing provided by the Islamic Development Bank. All the texts on the agenda were adopted in favourable votes, according to ADI.
The session was the first of the year’s second ordinary session. National Assembly President Dileita Mohamed Dileita opened it in the presence of the prime minister, members of the government and MPs. The new Defence Minister, Aden Ali Mahamade, attended for the first time since his appointment.
The session came after the National Assembly’s finance committee examined the 2026 supplementary budget, approving the text on 10 November.
