Olivier Milland, senior analyst for sub-Saharan Africa at A2 Global Risk, tells Port Strategy that the move by the authorities in Djibouti to effectively re-nationalise the commercial port is highly unusuaL But he acknowledges that the relationship between the company and the state had been "shaky for severalyears prior to last year's decision to expropriate the port concession". Indeed, bad blood first emerged in 2014 when the government accused DP World of having paid bribes to a prominent Djiboutian businessman, Abdourahman Boreh, in order to win contracts. However, there was much speculation at the time of a political motivation behind those proceedings, following a very public falling-out between the president and the businessman.
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机译：A2 Global Risk撒哈拉以南非洲地区高级分析师奥利维尔·米兰德（Olivier Milland）告诉《港口策略》，吉布提当局采取有效措施将商业港口重新国有化的举动极少，但他承认该公司与国家之间的关系“在去年决定没收港口特许权之前的几年里，情况一直不稳定”。确实，鲜血是在2014年首次出现的，当时政府指责DP World为了赢得合同向吉布提著名商人Abdourahman Boreh行贿。但是，在总统与商人之间发生非常公开的争执之后，这些诉讼背后的政治动机引起了很多猜测。
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