How Djiboutian tycoon Abdourahman Boreh helped Dubai build a port empire in the Horn of Africa, then became its most inconvenient witness
Billionaires Africa | 10.03.2026 17:26
Abdourahman Boreh was once the most powerful businessman in Djibouti. He was a close friend of President Ismail Omar Guelleh, the architect of the country's port expansion, and the man who personally convinced Dubai to invest in the tiny Horn of Africa nation. He was also, it later emerged, collecting payments from both sides of every deal he brokered.
