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  • Ethiopian troops to soon leave Somalia, PM says

    Meles Zenawi said regions of Somalia currently controlled by Ethiopian forces will be handed over to troops from Burundi, Kenya, Djibouti and Rwanda. The first three countries have troops in Somalia as part of the African Union peacekeeping force. Rwanda does   Read more »

  • US military deaths in Afghanistan at 1,804

    by the military:--Constructionman Trevor J. Stanley, 22, of Virginia Beach, Va .; died April 7 while deployed to Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti ; assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 3, homeported in Port Hueneme, Calif.--Spc. Antonio C. Burnside, 31,   Read more »

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About Djibouti

Djibouti (Arabic: جيبوتي ‎ Jībūtī ), officially the Republic of Djibouti, is a small 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. The remainder of the border is formed by the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. On the other side of the Red Sea, on the Arabian Peninsula, 20 kilometres (12 mi) from the coast of Djibouti, is Yemen.

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