By Asha Elmi - Editor-in-Chief
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DJIBOUTI, November 10 2026 – Djibouti’s Agency for Social Development (ADDS) on Monday presented vocational training certificates to 118 young people from the Layableh and Moustiquaire neighbourhoods of Balbala, the state news agency ADI reported.
The training was part of the Integrated Urban Development Programme (PDUI2 Ter), carried out with support from the French Development Agency (AFD), ADI said.
The ceremony at the Al Rahma Complex was attended by Social Affairs and Solidarity Minister Ouloufa Ismaïl Abdo, Youth and Culture Minister Fardoussa Moussa Egueh, French Ambassador Jérôme Bresson and Balbala Mayor Mohamed Hassan Said.
The ADDS said the training aims to give young people practical skills suited to the labour market, to help them find jobs and become economically independent.
The agency said urban development should not be limited to building infrastructure, but must also include building skills and creating lasting economic opportunities.
ADI did not say which trades the young people were trained in or how long the training lasted.