The highest of these, the Mousa Ali volcano along Djibouti’s border with Ethiopia and Eritrea, rises 2028 metres above sea level and is part of the Great Rift Valley that stretches from Lebanon to ...

Djibouti is considered of vital strategic importance with its control of access to the Red Sea, which has proven to be a big income generator for the very poor country. During the 1991 Gulf war ...

Its port is the lifeblood of its economy, providing the biggest source of income and employment in this otherwise barren country. Djibouti's proximity to restive areas in Africa and the Middle ...