Djibouti: Tiny strategic hub plays host to armies from seven nations

By World Tribune on January 13, 2016   Africa / Europe, BB Africa, BB Backgrounder, China, Djibouti, Exclusives, Japan, Latest From Geostrategy-Direct, NE Asia, Russia, Stateside, Top Stories, U.S. Military, Washington  

Special to WorldTribune.com By Backgrounder, Geostrategy-Direct.com Djibouti, a former French colony, is a country of searing heat (summer temperatures average over 100 degrees) and little rain (17 days a year on average). The population of the East African state is 900,000, which ranks 159th in the world. But the tiny state on the Horn of […]