The London Commercial Court has dismissed the allegations made by the Republic of Djibouti that the former head of its port authority was bribed by DP World and negotiated secret shareholdings over the construction and development of a port and freezone complex at Doraleh.
The country’s government accused Abdourahman Boreh of having accepted bribes by DP World to give the operator “soft terms” in the agreements to operate the US$400m Doraleh Container Terminal (DCT), which was opened in 2008.
DP World and the Djiboutian Government established a joint venture in 2006 to invest in DCT, with the signing of a 30-year concession to operate it.