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	Djibouti - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Republic of Djibouti (Arabic: : جيبوتي, Ǧībūtī) is a country in eastern Africa, located in the Horn of Africa.
		Djibouti is bordered by Eritrea in the north, Ethiopia in the west and south, and Somalia in the southeast.
		Djibouti's second president, Guelleh was first elected to ofice in 1999, taking over from his uncle, Hassan Gouled Aptidon, who had ruled the country since its independence from France in 1977.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Djibouti (801 words)

	Djibouti Relationship
		Considering Djibouti’s unwavering opposition to the self-determination of the people of Somaliland and her attempt to derail the economy, it is inexplicable and contradicting to bestow Djibouti the status of an intimate ally “Wallalo” which should be reserved for friendly and sympathetic states.
		Djibouti’s anti-Somaliland campaign is consistent with her interest and her effort to revive the unity of the collapsed state (Somali Republic) is a pretext to deny the recognition of Somaliland.
		Djibouti is a front for the Arab League.Developing the Port of Berbera would undoubtedly steal considerable business from Djibouti but there is also another reason of economic magnitude that steers the foreign policy of Djibouti.Djibouti is economically one of the poorest countries in the world and she is highly infected with corruption.
	www.somalilandforum.com /opinions/djibouti_a_friend_or_a_foe.htm (3036 words)

	Djibouti (10/05)
		Djibouti is a republic whose electorate approved the current constitution in September 1992.
		Djibouti's fledgling economy depends on a large foreign expatriate community, the maritime and commercial activities of the Port of Djibouti, its airport, and the operation of the Addis Ababa-Djibouti railroad.
		Djibouti's most important economic asset is its strategic location on the shipping routes between the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean--the republic lies on the west side of the Bab-el-Mandeb, which connects the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/5482.htm (3351 words)

	AllRefer.com - Djibouti, city, Republic of Djibouti (Djibouti Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		383,000), capital of the Republic of Djibouti, a port on the Gulf of Tadjoura (an inlet of the Gulf of Aden).
		Djibouti was founded by the French c.1888 and became the capital of French Somaliland in 1892.
		There was severe rioting in Djibouti in 1967 after the territory voted to retain its ties with France.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/D/Djibouti.html (286 words)

	Djibouti
		Djibouti maintains economic ties and border accords with "Somaliland" leadership while maintaining some political ties to various factions in Somalia; although most of the 26,000 Somali refugees in Djibouti who fled civil unrest in the early 1990s have returned, several thousand still await repatriation in UNHCR camps.
		Djibouti lies in northeast Africa on the Gulf of Aden at the southern entrance to the Red Sea.
		Djibouti, country, Africa: Economy - Economy Djibouti's economy is based on a number of service activities associated with its strategic...
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0107467.html (608 words)

	The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition: Djibouti @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Djibouti is the capital, largest city, and most significant port.
		Djibouti's economy is based on a number of service activities associated with its strategic location and its position as a free-trade zone.
		Djibouti was the base of operations for French forces during the Persian Gulf War, and the French remain a strong military and technical presence.
	highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1E1:DjiboutiEA&refid=ip_almanac_hf (766 words)

	Foreign & Commonwealth Office Country Profiles
		Djibouti borders Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia and is strategically located at the strait that links the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden.
		Djibouti was first known as French Somaliland when it was established as a French colony in1888.
		The new port of Doraleh is intended to boost Djibouti’s role as a commercial hub at the mouth of the Red Sea.
	www.fco.gov.uk /servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1007029394365&a=KCountryProfile&aid=1022602909836 (863 words)

	Djibouti Country Guide - Overview - World Travel Guide Provided By Columbus Travel Publishing
		Djibouti is part of the African continent bounded by the Red Sea, Somalia, Ethiopia and Eritrea.
		Djibouti city is late 19th-century and has a distinctly Arab feel.
		Djibouti lies within a geological feature known as the Afar Triangle, one of the hottest and most desolate places on Earth, much of it located beneath sea level.
	www.travel-guide.com /data/dji/dji.asp (200 words)

	CNN.com - Assignment Djibouti: Where? - Dec. 19, 2002
		DJIBOUTI, Djibouti (CNN) -- After banging my head in frustration searching for a place called Djibouti on the map, I'm almost at the point of giving up when I spot a tiny country the size of Massachusetts sandwiched neatly between Somalia, Ethiopia and Eritrea.
		Turns out that was a big mistake: Djibouti is strategically located at the entrance to the Gulf of Aden, the all-important sea route for oil tankers plowing through the choppy waters transporting its cargo to destinations around the world.
		In fact, someone once said Djibouti is such a laid-back place that the founding fathers decided not to complicate things and named the capital after the country.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/africa/12/19/btsc.koinange.djibouti (1122 words)

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		DJIBOUTI, 10 Nov 2004 (IRIN) - Abdu Mohmed, a native of Djibouti's northern town of Tadjourah who now lives in the capital, Djibouti city, still remembers his sister screaming from pain as she was circumcised years ago.
		According to the 2002 study, Djibouti's estimated HIV prevalence is, by African standards, still low at 2.9 percent.
		According to the UN, Djibouti is among at least 28 African countries where FGM is practised.
	www.irinnews.org /report.asp?ReportID=44073 (914 words)

	Djibouti Travel Guide @ TravelNotes.org
		Countries neighbouring Djibouti are: Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia.
		Djibouti became the colony of French Somaliland in 1888 and an overseas territory of France in 1946 -- renamed the French Territory of the Afars and Issas following a referendum in 1967.
		Located on a peninsula, the Sheraton Djibouti Hotel is a luxury beachfront resort, which has its own beach club on a private island.
	www.travelnotes.org /Africa/djibouti.htm (299 words)

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		NAIROBI, 29 Mar 2005 (IRIN) - Campaigning for Djibouti’s forthcoming presidential election officially began at midnight on Friday, as stipulated by the country’s constitution, despite the fact that incumbent President Ismael Omar Guelleh is the sole candidate.
		Sources in the capital, Djibouti City, said pro-Guelleh posters and other campaign materials were being plastered on walls and circulated throughout the city on Friday.
		Djibouti served as an operations base during the 1990-1991 Gulf War, and France continues to have a significant military presence in the country.
	irinnews.org /report.asp?ReportID=46353&...&SelectCountry=DJIBOUTI (579 words)

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		That target, most observers agree, is likely to prove much easier in the capital, Djibouti City, and provincial towns than in the hamlets that dot the arid countryside, where the challenges to universal primary education are strongest.
		This has led UNICEF to launch its 25 by 2005 Initiative which, it says, "seeks to help all countries eliminate gender disparity in education by 2005, with a special focus on 25 of the countries that are judged to be most at risk of failing to achieve that goal".
		Calculating education coverage in Djibouti is a major challenge since population estimates range from 450,000 to upwards of 700,000.
	plusnews.org /report.asp?ReportID=39139&...&SelectCountry=DJIBOUTI (1143 words)

	Djibouti History, History of Djibouti, Djibouti Flag, Culture of Djibouti, Economy of Djibouti
		The flag of Djibouti has two equal horizontal bands of light blue at the top and light green with a white isosceles triangle based on the hoist side bearing a red five-pointed star in the center.
		Livestock herding forms the backbone of Djibouti's economy and most of the people, even if they are residing in urban areas, make it a point to rear livestock in rural areas.
		Djibouti has very few big industries and the government is the main service sector employer.
	www.mapsofworld.com /country-profile/djibouti1.html (425 words)

	Djibouti (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Republic of Djibouti (, Ǧībūtī) is a country in eastern Africa, located in the Horn of Africa.
		The area of Djibouti has been occupied by several tribes, currently the Afar and the Somali Isa.
		Main article: Politics of Djibouti Ismail Omar Guelleh was on Saturday sworn in for a second and final six-year term as president of the tiny Horn of Africa nation, the official news agency, Agence Djiboutienne d'Information (ADI), reported.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/D/Djibouti.htm (791 words)

	Djibouti - Atlapedia Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		It is bound by Eritrea to the northwest, Ethiopia to the west and south, Somalia to the southeast and the Gulf of Aden to the northeast and east.
		Average annual precipitation for Djibouti City is 130 mm (5 inches) and average temperature ranges are from 23 to 29 degrees Celsius (73 to 84 degrees Fahrenheit) in January to 31 to 41 degrees Celsius (88 to 106 degrees Fahrenheit) in July.
		In 1990 the unsettled state of affairs in neighboring Somali caused tensions in Djibouti and during most of the year there were border disputes with Somali troops re-taking a border area it had lost in 1989.
	www.atlapedia.com /online/countries/djibouti.htm (1106 words)

	Djibouti map and information page by World Atlas
		The tiny country of Djibouti is strategically situated between the western edge of the Gulf of Aden, and the entrance to the Red Sea.
		As a significant regional port, Djibouti's modern economy revolves (almost totally) around the shipping and refueling industries, as the country has limited natural resources and is (through little fault of its own) economically underdeveloped.
		Central and south Djibouti is covered by a stony desert, as well as scattered volcanic plateaus crisscrossed by deep, time-worn troughs, some with shallow salt water lakes.
	www.worldatlas.com /webimage/countrys/africa/dj.htm (511 words)

	Djibouti, Djibouti, Pictures
		The city is a port on an inlet of the Gulf of Aden and is the terminus of a railroad to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
		Djibouti is an important container shipment and transshipment point on the shipping lanes of the Red Sea and the Suez Canal.
		Djibouti became the capital of French Somaliland in 1892.
	www.greatestcities.com /Africa/Djibouti/Djibouti_Jibuti_city_state_capital.html (121 words)

	Djibouti (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Djibouti experienced a civil war from 1991-1994 that had catastrophic consequences for the economy.
		After 1994, and with the birth of a multi-party system in 1999, Djibouti has emerged as an island of stability in the Horn of Africa and it plays an important role as a moderator for the region.
		Djibouti has become a center housing new foreign military troops in light of the fight against international terrorism.
	web.worldbank.org /WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/MENAEXT/DJIBOUTIEXTN/0,,menuPK:312813~pagePK:141159~piPK:141110~theSitePK:312807,00.html (305 words)

	United Nations - OCHA IRIN Africa News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		DJIBOUTI CITY, 12 Jul 2005 (IRIN) - For thousands of years, girls in the area that is now the tiny African country of Djibouti, have been subjected to pharaonic circumcision.
		DJIBOUTI CITY, 5 Jul 2005 (IRIN) - Dikina Mohamed and her three children live in a tiny shack made of cardboard, wood and metal junk in Arhiba, a shockingly dirty slum in Djibouti City.
		DJIBOUTI, 30 Jun 2005 (IRIN) - Sweat trickles down Mohammed Gedi Barre's face as he climbs the steep alleyways of Balbala, one of the poorest neighbourhoods in Djibouti City.
	www.irinnews.org /frontpage.asp?SelectRegion=Horn_of_Africa&SelectCountry=Djibouti (500 words)

	Djibouti
		In particular, Somalia, Djibouti's neighbor to the south, is considered by many to be a haven for terrorists and other insurgent elements.
		Americans considering seaborne travel around Djibouti's coastal waters should exercise caution, as there have been several incidents of armed attacks and robberies at sea by unknown groups in the last year.
		Malaria and Dengue fever are prevalent in Djibouti.
	travel.state.gov /travel/djibouti.html (2244 words)

	Djibouti on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		One deployment, two worlds: Airmen in Djibouti experience a taste of Africa and the Marine Corps.
		Djibouti To Be Used As New Base For War On Terror
		Ahmed Dini vendredi à Djibouti Les partisans du président de Djibouti ont remporté vendredi les élections législatives, le.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/D/Djibouti.asp (485 words)

	An MBendi Profile: An MBendi Country Profile for Djibouti including economic and travel overviews and directories of ...
		Djibouti is a small independent republic with a democratic government which lies in the Horn of Africa at the southern entrance to the Red Sea and forms part of the North East African Region.
		The country consists of the port capital Djibouti where two thirds of the population live, and a surrounding enclave of hinterland.
		The management of the country’s main airport, the Djibouti International Airport has been granted to a private company and is an indication of the privatisation process underway in the country.
	www.mbendi.co.za /cydjcy.htm (452 words)

	Welcome banadir.com
		ARTA, Djibouti, 25 August (BBC)The new transitional parliament of Somalia, meeting in neighbouring Djibouti, is voting today to choose a head of state.
		Djibouti (Aug. 16) XINHUA - The transitional parliament of Somalia, inaugurated here Sunday, is due to elect its speaker in the coming two or three days....
		DJIBOUTI, March 28 (AFP) - Ministers from countries belonging to the east African Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) are to meet Monday in Djibouti to discuss the latest peace plan for Somalia.....
	www.banadir.com /hope.htm (3551 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Africa \| Country profiles \| Country profile: Djibouti
		Djibouti's location is the main economic asset of a country that is mostly barren.
		After independence from France in 1977, Djibouti was left with a government which enjoyed a balance between the two main ethnic groups, the Issa of Somali origin and the Afar of Ethiopian origin.
		Mr Guelleh, known in Djibouti by his initials, IOG, won a second term in one-man presidential elections in April 2005.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/africa/country_profiles/1070579.stm (599 words)

	CNN.com - U.S. Marines training in Djibouti - Sep. 21, 2002
		A U.S. Marine expeditionary unit is training in the small Horn of Africa nation of Djibouti, President Ismail Omar Guelleh told CNN on Saturday.
		Special Forces are already in Yemen, and do not need Djibouti for such a role, he said.
		CNN and other international journalists have observed U.S. military personnel constructing facilities in a corner of Djibouti's main international airport, next to a Djiboutian military camp the government has lent them.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/US/09/21/djibouti.marines (283 words)

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		NAIROBI, 19 Aug 2005 (IRIN) - The food situation in rural areas of Djibouti is precarious and there is a need to accelerate emergency food distribution in the tiny Horn of Africa country, an early warning network has reported.
		FEWS Net said a continuous rural exodus had been witnessed in the majority of secondary cities, and even in the capital, Djibouti city.
		Djibouti is suffering from a drought following three failed rainy seasons.
	www.irinnews.org /report.asp?ReportID=48658&SelectRegion=Horn_of_Africa&SelectCountry=DJIBOUTI (340 words)

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		GEOGRAPHY: Djibouti is part of the African continent, bordered to the northeast and east by the Red Sea, the southeast by Somalia, the southwest by Ethiopia and to the north by Eritrea.
		Outside Djibouti, accommodation is limited, although attention is being given to upgrading and adding to the accommodation available in the hinterland.
		Djibouti’s economic potential lies in the development of its service sector; in particular, transport facilities and banking.
	www.omnimoving.com /country_guides/Djibouti.doc (3622 words)

	World Factbook Djibouti, Djibouti Map, Map of Djibouti, Information on Djibouti, Location of Djibouti
		Djibouti is made up of plateaus and mountains towards the north and south of the gulf.
		Djibouti relies on an underground aquifer for fresh water.
		Djibouti is hot and dry all year round, especially during summers.
	www.mapsofworld.com /country-profile/djibouti.html (379 words)

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