A small but important country, Djibouti benefits from its highly strategic location. With access to the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean beyond, the country is a significant gateway to the Horn of Africa and the wider region of East Africa.
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Articles & Analysis | Djibouti's location key to its prosperity from The Report: Djibouti 2016
Interviews & Viewpoints | President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh: Interview from The Report: Djibouti 2016
Where do infrastructure projects fit into Djibouti’s development plans, and how can these be financed in a sustainable way?
Interviews & Viewpoints | John Kerry, US Secretary of State, on strengthening cooperation with Djibouti: Viewpoint from The Report: Djibouti 2016
In 2014, President Obama and President Guelleh announced the annual US-Djibouti Binational Forum, and we held the initial round of that in 2015 in Washington. We had a very fruitful conversation there laying out a lot of the agenda. We’re following up on that agenda, I must say, speedily and effectively. The US and Djibouti are friends, and we...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Carlos Lopes, Executive Secretary, UN Economic Commission for Africa: Interview from The Report: Djibouti 2016
What are the obstacles to increasing economic integration in the Horn of Africa? LOPES: One obvious obstacle is the question of stabilisation in Somalia. Regional peace and security is a prerequisite for greater economic integration. But in areas like cross-border cooperation on energy, or trade facilitation, enormous progress has...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, Minister of Foreign Affairs, on Djibouti’s role in international cooperation: Viewpoint from The Report: Djibouti 2016
Over the years, Djibouti has demonstrated both the value and the importance of having a foreign policy approach that not only emphasises economic development but also paves the way for close cooperation with external partners in pursuit of this goal. For Djibouti, cooperation with our economic partners has always been a two-way process, and...
Articles & Analysis | Djibouti developing infrastructure to become key trading hub from The Report: Djibouti 2016
In political terms, Djibouti is a young country. It achieved independence less than 40 years ago and has only had two presidents in that time. This comparative stability in what is a volatile region has allowed the country to develop relatively speedily.