Djibouti is home to Camp Lemonnier, the only permanent US military base in Africa. On 10 March, the US embassy in Djibouti issued a security alert “due to ongoing regional tensions.” ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lake Assal (Lac Assal), a world-renowned crater lake in the center of the country, is 10 times saltier than the sea. This makes it ...

Djibouti’s low and declining tax-to-GDP ratio underscores the need for well-designed tax policy reforms. Against this backdrop, the authorities requested capacity development support from the IMF’s ...

Djibouti created the Sovereign Carbon Initiative in 2023 to help reduce national greenhouse gas emissions by 40% by 2030.

Djibouti is fighting aid cuts with a tax on carbon dioxide emissions - IN FOCUS: A new levy is being used to fund climate adaptation efforts in the tiny East African county – and could be a model for ...

After boycotting presidential elections in 2016, Djibouti’s main opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Renewal and Development (MRD), says it will not participate in legislative elections ...

Djibouti, a tiny country in Northeast Africa, is situated at the gateway to the Suez Canal, one of the world's busiest shipping routes. While its location is an economic commodity for a country that’s ...

Djibouti’s ports authority announced that it will not receive any additional cargo surcharges linked to the Gulf crisis, confirming that shipments loaded before the crisis will not face retroactive ...

Tourism only contributes 3 percent of GDP in the small Horn of Africa country of Djibouti, and more investment is needed to boost this figure, Djibouti’s top tourism official told reporters on ...

Guelleh points to his recent achievements: The World Health Organization hailed Djibouti for its meticulous management of the Covid-19 pandemic, the government has used the country’s geo-strategic ...

In a ceremony last week attended by heads of state from across East Africa, Djibouti inaugurated what it says will become the largest free-trade zone on the continent. The project will take 10 years ...

Living above a magma chamber is not without its hazards, and yet the Afar have done so for generations. Nomadic people from Djibouti, they have made the unforgiving landscapes at the northern reaches ...