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  Djibouti District - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Djibouti is the smallest district (cercle) of Djibouti.
Its capital is Djibouti, which also serves as the national capital.
The district borders Dikhil District to the south-west, 'Ali Sabih District and Somaliland (Somalia) to the south-east to the south and the Gulf of Tadjoura/Gulf of Aden to the north.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Djibouti_District   (92 words)

  
  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.
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.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Djibouti   (821 words)

  
 Djibouti district - TheBestLinks.com - Somalia, Somaliland, Gulf of Aden, Dikhil district, ...
Djibouti district, Djibouti, Somalia, Somaliland, Gulf of Aden, Dikhil district...
Djibouti district is the smallest district (cercle) of Djibouti.
The district borders the Djiboutian district of Dikhil district to the south-west, the Djiboutian district of 'Ali Sabih district, Somaliland (Somalia) to the south-east to the south and the Gulf of Tadjoura/Gulf of Aden to the north.
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 IRIN Africa | Horn of Africa | Djibouti | DJIBOUTI: Pro-presidential parties win poll | Governance | News Item   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The announcement, reported by the Djibouti news agency, was made by the country's Interior Minister, Abdulkader Doualeh Wais, on Saturday.
According to Djibouti's electoral system, the party which wins the majority in a constituency is awarded all the assembly seats.
According the Djibouti news agency, President Guelleh on Sunday hailed the "political maturity" in the country which had enabled the polls to be held "in a peaceful atmosphere".
www.irinnews.org /report.asp?ReportID=31682&SelectRegion=Horn_of_Africa&SelectCountry=DJIBOUTI   (438 words)

  
 Djibouti www.in.na   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The Republic of Djibouti (جيبوتي) 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 south east.
Djibouti's coastal area is separated from the inland plateaus by a mountain range that reach up to a maximum of 2000 m.
www.encyclopedia.in.na /index.php/Djibouti   (637 words)

  
 Search Encyclopedia.com
Djibouti -> Economy Djibouti's economy is based on a number of service activities associated with its strategic location and its position as a free-trade zone.
District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop.
383,000), capital of the Republic of Djibouti, a port on the Gulf of Tadjoura (an inlet of the Gulf of Aden).
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 Encyclopedia: Djibouti
Djibouti is divided into six districts (cercles, singular - cercle): Districts are a form of local government in several countries.
Djibouti is in Eastern Africa, bordering the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea, between Eritrea and Somalia.
Main article: Economy of Djibouti Djiboutis 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.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Djibouti   (2796 words)

  
 Djibouti District - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Djibouti is the smallest district (cercle) of Djibouti.
Its capital is Djibouti, which also serves as the national capital.
The district borders Dikhil District to the south-west, 'Ali Sabih District and Somaliland ( Somalia) to the south-east to the south and the Gulf of Tadjoura / Gulf of Aden to the north.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Djibouti_district   (95 words)

  
 Djibouti [Definition]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Djibouti is bordered by Eritrea The State of Eritrea is a country in northeast Africa.
Djibouti is divided into six districts Districts are a form of local government in several countries.
Djibouti sits on the western shore of an isthmus in the Gulf of Tadjoura, overlooking a small marina where dhows, fishing skiffs and pleasure boats are moored.
www.wikimirror.com /Djibouti   (8868 words)

  
 AEGiS-Reuters: Djibouti Worries Over AIDS Spread from Ethiopia
DJIBOUTI (Reuters) - On a humid night, a stone's throw from Djibouti's thriving port, 22-year-old Helen is competing with other tactile young women at the half-lit Calypso Bar to catch the client's eye.
While the estimated spread of HIV in Djibouti is still low, only 2.9 percent of adults aged 15 to 49 are infected, authorities are concerned that prostitutes arriving from Ethiopia could fuel an increase in what experts call the HIV rate of prevalence.
The rising concerns of the Djibouti government are more dramatically revealed in a 2002 ministry of health study which shows a much higher prevalence rate of 5.6 percent for people in the 15-29 age group, where sexual activity with multiple partners is at its highest and HIV infection numbers begin to increase exponentially.
www.aegis.com /news/re/2004/RE040781.html   (919 words)

  
 Djibouti - Wikipedia NL
Djibouti is een land in Oost-Afrika, in de Hoorn van Afrika.
Het grenst aan Eritrea in het noorden, Ethiopië in het westen en zuiden, en Somalië in het zuidoosten.
Jemen, dat op het Arabisch Schiereiland ligt, is slechts 20 kilometer van de kust van Djibouti verwijderd.
nl.wikipedia.org /wiki/Djibouti   (258 words)

  
 Somalia
In May in Arta, Djibouti, delegates representing all clans and a wide spectrum of Somali society were selected for a "Conference for National Peace and Reconciliation in Somalia." The Conference opened on June 15 with more than 900 delegates, including representatives of nongovernmental organizations (NGO's).
In May in Arta, Djibouti, delegates representing all clans and a wide spectrum of Somali society were selected for a "Conference for National Peace and Reconciliation in Somalia," which opened on June 15 with more than 900 delegates.
In July Djibouti law enforcement authorities arrested members of a group that was smuggling Somali women to such destinations as Lebanon and Syria to work in brothels (see Section 5).
www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2000/af/index.cfm?docid=780   (9192 words)

  
 Djibouti -
Djibouti, situated in the Horn of Africa, is one of the smallest countries of the continent with a total area of 23 200 km².
Agriculture is concentrated in the southern part of the country, mainly in the Djibouti and Dikhil districts.
Total renewable groundwater resources in the Djibouti district are estimated at between 10 and 21 million m³/year.
www.wca-infonet.org /cds_static/en/djibouti_en_558_all_1.html   (281 words)

  
 UNHCR - Djibouti: Confirmation of existence of Ali-Sabieh town in or around Ali Sabieh refugee camp. Information ...
Attached.] According to the attached map of Djibouti, Ali-Sabieh is on the railway line in the southern part of the country, close to the Ethiopian border.
According to an official at the Djibouti Embassy in Washington DC, the town of Ali-Sabieh, with an approximate population of 20,000 is about 90 km south of Djibouti town.
[ As stated by an official at the Djibouti Embassy in Washington DC during a telephone interview with a member of the IRBDC on 19 June 1990.] The source stated that Ali-Sabieh refugee camp was inside the district of the same name.
www.unhcr.org /home/RSDCOI/3ae6ad0f14.html   (289 words)

  
 DJIBOUTI, Landmine Monitor Report 1999
Djibouti lies at the southern entrance to the Red Sea at the strategic Bab-el-Mendab, which commands the passageway to the Suez Canal for vessels to and from the Persian Gulf or the Indian Ocean.
Djibouti military officers claim that the opposition militia is now laying landmines near the border between Eritrea and Djibouti, but this claim has not been substantiated.
Djibouti's northern plateau, the area most heavily contested during the civil war, and which contains most of the suspected minefields or mined routes, is mostly rough mountainous terrain that contains few easily accessible roads.
www.icbl.org /lm/1999/djibouti.html   (1481 words)

  
 Djibouti Regions
It assigns new FIPS codes to the new region and the two old districts that were modified to create it.
Subsequently, a decree issued 2003-04-09 defined the boundaries of the five regions, the city of Djibouti, and six arrondissements which are subdivisions of the city of Djibouti (Arrondissement du Plateau, Premier Arrondissement,...
Djibouti is divided into five régions (regions) and one ville (city).
www.statoids.com /udj.html   (386 words)

  
 Reizen naar Djibouti - Vakantie in Djibouti
Recept uit Djibouti - Esther's recept uit Djibouti
Adal was een zestiende eeuwse provincie-met-sultanaat in Ethiopië, zowel gelegen in het tegenwoordige Somalië, Oromia en de Afar-gebieden in Ethiopië als het zuidelijke deel van Djibouti en westelijke Somaliland..
Lauren Haworth [ reisverslag Djibouti uit 2003 ]
www.reiswijs.nl /landeninfo/afrika/djibouti/djibouti.html   (955 words)

  
 Djibouti Hopes US Partnership Will Help End Poverty - 2002-11-25
The small country of Djibouti has become an important military hub in the Horn of Africa for the United States over the past several months.
Djibouti has allowed the U.S. to build a new command center, as thousands of U.S. troops gather there for the war on terrorism.
In return Djibouti is hoping for economic assistance from the United States to help lift the country out of poverty.
www.voanews.com /english/archive/2002-11/a-2002-11-25-24-Djibouti.cfm   (1001 words)

  
 eircom net Ireland-International / Irish news headlines from leading Irish newspapers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
DJIBOUTI (Reuters) - On a humid night, a stone's throw from Djibouti's thriving port, 22-year-old Helen is competing with other tactile young women at the half-lit Calypso Bar to catch the client's eye.
While the estimated spread of HIV in Djibouti is still low, only 2.9 percent of adults aged 15 to 49 are infected, authorities are concerned that prostitutes arriving from Ethiopia could fuel an increase in what experts call the HIV rate of prevalence.
The rising concerns of the Djibouti government are more dramatically revealed in a 2002 ministry of health study which shows a much higher prevalence rate of 5.6 percent for people in the 15-29 age group, where sexual activity with multiple partners is at its highest and HIV infection numbers begin to increase exponentially.
home.eircom.net /content/reuters/worldnews/3659352?view=Eircomnet   (800 words)

  
 Islam can"t stop it, not even AIDS can stop it
In the centre of this quiet port city at the mouth of the Red Sea, a small neighbourhood is crammed with red light bars and clubs that have withstood one government crackdown after another and bounced back as sleazy as ever.
Some 2,500 legionnaires and regular French troops are posted in Djibouti, which only won its independence from Paris in 1977 and has since relied on the former colonial power"s army to protect it from danger in the troubled Horn of Africa.
The United Nations estimates that 13.9 percent of Djibouti"s women and 8.8 percent of its men between the ages of 15 and 24 are infected.
www.somalilandnet.com /somaliland_voice/opinion/2040.html   (764 words)

  
 Wardheernews Online
Djibouti, a tiny country in the Horn of Africa, is generally arid, but parts of it have been suffering an intensive drought for more than two years.
FEWS Net, a humanitarian group which assesses Djibouti's vulnerable areas, estimates that half of all goats and sheep in Djibouti have died this year.
The last reliable figures on malnutrition in Djibouti are from a household survey in 2002.
www.wardheernews.com /news/July/07_drought_djibouti.htm   (797 words)

  
 UNICEF - Girls' education - When soccer helps a girl from a poor suburb of Djibouti City
Dhikil is one of the 4 rural district of the country.
This has been a growth area since an American base was set up in Djibouti after the September 11 events and the volume of maritime business increased considerably pursuant to the diversion of most of Ethiopia’s trade to Djibouti harbor.
Djibouti is one of the 25 countries involved in UNICEF’s 25 by 2005 campaign
www.unicef.org /infobycountry/index_22098.html   (495 words)

  
 United Nations Capital Development Fund
Balbala, one of the three main areas of the city of Djibouti, is located on the left bank of the Wadi Ambali, on basalt cliffs.
The Djibouti authorities had built housing units for this growing population, but they were too costly for those with low or irregular incomes.
Strengthening the role of the district made it possible to identify the institutional foundations of a permanent community housing programme.
www.uncdf.org /english/evaluations/dji86co4_final.php   (1760 words)

  
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The extended coastal grazing period in Arta District may increase the risk of depletion of vegetation and water before the February/March rains conclude the dry season and allow the return to inland grazing areas.
In major grazing areas of the districts of Arta and Ali-sabieh, total rainfall accumulated was from 1-10 mm, and is estimated to be 5-20 percent of the short term average (1996?2003).
Djibouti recently opened a regional center for livestock exports to the Gulf countries, to counteract the effects of Saudi Arabia's ban on livestock imports from Djibouti, in place since 2000 to prevent transmission of Rift Valley Fever.
www.alertnet.org /thenews/newsdesk/FEWS/ca769c492dc319ad368ddba91f46bd11.htm   (1908 words)

  
 DEHAI NEWS MAILING LIST ARCHIVE: [dehai-news] (IRIN): DJIBOUTI: Media to take more active role in fighting HIV/AIDS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
DJIBOUTI, 2 Jun 2004 (IRIN) - The Djiboutian communication and culture ministry has said it plans to involve journalists more actively in fighting HIV/AIDS despite a relatively low prevalence of the virus in the country.
Speaking at a seminar for journalists in the capital, Djibouti, Minister for Communication and Culture Rifki Abdoulkader Bamakhrama said the seminar was the first step in his ministry's national programme to combat HIV/AIDS.
The HIV-prevalence rates among adults aged between 15 and 49 are higher in Djibouti District (3.4 percent) than in the rest of the country (1.1 percent).
dehai.org /archives/dehai_news_archive/may-jun04/0667.html   (689 words)

  
 IRIN Africa | Horn of Africa | Djibouti | DJIBOUTI: Pastoralists Suffer Drought | Refugees/IDPs | Feature
Djibouti, a tiny country in the Horn of Africa, is generally arid, but parts of it have been suffering an intensive drought for more than two years.
FEWS Net, a humanitarian group which assesses Djibouti's vulnerable areas, estimates that half of all goats and sheep in Djibouti have died this year.
The last reliable figures on malnutrition in Djibouti are from a household survey in 2002.
www.irinnews.org /report.asp?ReportID=48015   (961 words)

  
 afrol News - Women and ruling party win Djibouti elections
Surprisingly, it came closest to a majority in the capital district (Djibouti city), obtaining 21,900 votes compared to 26,839 votes for the ruling party.
Under her guidance, health and education services for women and children are intensified; a bitter necessity in a country where the illiteracy rate among the 15-24 years old is 62 percent among women and 38 percent among men.
From the Djibouti capital constituency, five women were elected, including Minister Hawa and Miss Kadidja Mohamed Ali, a young politician who only finished her education in 2001.
www.afrol.com /News2003/dji002_poll_women.htm   (1199 words)

  
 Dikhil district   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Dikhil district is a district (cercle) in Djibouti.
The district borders the Djiboutian district of Tadjoura district to the north, Ethiopia to the west/south, the Gulf od Tadjoura to the north and the Djiboutian districts of Djibouti district and 'Ali Sabih district to the east.
The district contains part of the Abhe Bad lake, which it shares with Ethiopia.
pedia.newsfilter.co.uk /wikipedia/d/di/dikhil_district.html   (83 words)

  
 U.S. Soldiers Improve Lives of School Children in Djibouti
DJIBOUTI CITY, Djibouti -- US Army Cpl Danielle Deal visits with students at the Djibouti City school after handing out school supplies and completing renovations on the school buildings.
CAMP LEMONIER, DJIBOUTI (CJTF-HOA) -- A team of U.S. Army Soldiers improved the standard of living for children learning at a primary school in Djibouti City, Djibouti.
While working at a different school in the Balbala district of Djibouti, Bravo Company was invited by a village elder of PK20 to meet the headmaster and discuss their school program.
nyjtimes.com /cover/12-24-06/SoldiersImproveLivesOfDjiboutianChildren.htm   (719 words)

  
 Situation Reports: Djibouti: Drought - Aug 1999, Djibouti - Drought OCHA Situation Report No. 2
Taking into account that drought is endemic in Djibouti, the mission considers the current situation, which affects the country at large, as having the potential to turn into a catastrophe.
The mission strongly underlined the exacerbating impact the general economic crisis of the country is having on the drought-affected population: their urban relatives find it near impossible to assist them with basic food stuffs or money as they normally do in difficult times.
Figures and observations confirm that children are among the most vulnerable group: in Djibouti district alone, the Ministry of Health has registered 10,000 malnourished children, 3,000 severely.
www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/ACOS-64BKS2?OpenDocument   (721 words)

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