Djibouti
- Demonym: Djiboutian
Djibouti is a small country located in Eastern Africa, bordering the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea, between Eritrea and Somalia. - AsNotedIn
Djibouti is a small country located in Eastern Africa, bordering the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea, between Eritrea and Somalia. - AsNotedIn
| Place | Type | AsNotedIn | Area |
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| Place | Type | AsNotedIn | Area |
| Lake Assal |
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| Lake Assal |
Eastern Africa, bordering the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea, between Eritrea and Somalia - The World Factbook
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| Locale Type | Nation |
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| Corruption Perceptions Index - 2014, Transparency International: | 107 |
The French Territory of the Afars and the Issas became Djibouti in 1977. Hassan Gouled APTIDON installed an authoritarian one-party state and proceeded to serve as president until 1999. Unrest among the Afars minority during the 1990s led to a civil war that ended in 2001 following the conclusion of a peace accord between Afar rebels and the Issa-dominated government. In 1999, Djibouti's first multi-party presidential elections resulted in the election of Ismail Omar GUELLEH; he was re-elected to a second term in 2005 and a third term in 2011. Djibouti occupies a strategic geographic location at the mouth of the Red Sea and serves as an important transshipment location for goods entering and leaving the east African highlands. The present leadership has longstanding ties to France, which maintains a significant military presence in the country, but also has strong ties with the US. Djibouti hosts the only US military base in sub-Saharan Africa. - The World Factbook
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