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So, a funny thing happened on the way to Djibouti...

December 17th 2010
Or, perhaps: “How I Almost Ended Up in the Wrong Country”. While I hadn’t expected my excursion to Djibouti to be a straightforward affair, it almost didn’t happen at all. When I got up to the Ethiopian Airlines counter at Khartoum International Airport, the agent decided, on the spot, that she couldn’t check me in because I didn’t yet have a Djibouti visa. I tried to explain that as ... read more
Africa » Djibouti » East » Djibouti City

Djiboutian Flag The French Territory of the Afars and the Issas became Djibouti in 1977. Hassan Gouled APTIDON installed an authoritarian one-party state and proceeded to serve as president until 1999. Unrest among the Afars minority during the 1990s led to a civil ... ... read more
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