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The main print newspapers are owned by the government: the French-language daily La Nation, the English weekly Djibouti Post, and the Arabic weekly Al-Qarn. There is also a state news agency, Agence Djiboutienne d'Information. Non-government news websites are based abroad; for instance, La Voix de Djibouti operates out of Belgium. [187]
Djibouti (also called Djibouti City and Jibuti in early Western texts) [a] is the capital city of the Republic of Djibouti. It is located in the coastal Djibouti Region on the Gulf of Tadjoura . Djibouti has a population of around 780,000 inhabitants, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] which counts for 73% of the country's population.
Djibouti – country located in the Horn of Africa. It 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 at the east.
23 April – 21 migrants die after their boat capsizes off the coast of Djibouti. [ 2 ] 1 October – Two boats carrying migrants sink off the coast of Khôr ʽAngar , killing at least 45 people and leaving 61 others missing.
9 April – Djibouti recorded its first coronavirus death. [ 2 ] 4 October – Eight migrants are dead, while 12 more are missing, after three unidentified smugglers hijacked their boat off the coast of Djibouti , according to eyewitnesses and the International Organization for Migration .
A Somali boy from Djibouti wearing a traditional turban. Djibouti has a population of about 884,017 inhabitants. [2] [3] It is a multiethnic country. The local population grew rapidly during the latter half of the 20th century, increasing from about 69,589 in 1955 to around 869,099 by 2015. The two largest ethnic groups are the Somalis (60% ...
Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Djibouti. 4 March – Twenty migrants drown after 80 people are thrown overboard on a boat en route from Djibouti to Yemen. [1] 9 April – 2021 Djiboutian presidential election. [2]
Djibouti itself has few exports, and the majority of its imports come from France. Most imports are consumed in Djibouti and the remainder goes to Ethiopia and Somalia. Djibouti's unfavorable balance of trade is offset partially by invisible earnings such as transit taxes and harbor dues. In 1999, U.S. exports to Djibouti totalled $26.7 million ...