Islam is state religion in Djibouti but the constitution of the country guarantees religious freedom. Ninety-eight percent of residents are Sunni Muslims. There is a…

City and port of East Africa, it was the capital of French Somalia. The government was transferred there in 1895, before it was Obock State….

Djibouti has very limited economically exploitable natural resources. The desert climate provides poor conditions for agriculture, which accounts for only a small part of economic…

Djibouti has maintained a close relationship with France since independence in 1977. Among other things, the former colonial power has its largest military base in…

Djibouti is a republic in northeastern Africa, on the Horn of Africa, on the coast where Bab al-Mandeb meets the Gulf of Aden. Border in…

The barren and arid desert landscape that constitutes today’s Djibouti did not invite pre-colonial farming, and it was mainly nomads who populated the area. From…

After the 1992 constitution, Djibouti is a unified state and formally democratic republic. After the constitution of 1981, the country was a one-party state, from…

Large parts of Djibouti consist of the stone desert. The bedrock consists of lava and volcanic ridges, which in some places rise above 1500 m….