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Djibouti City: the land of khat, litter and grime

November 10th 2016
Litter was everywhere. It was as if a dumper truck had simply spewed its contents into the street. Random men were lazing about in whatever shade they could find – inside doorways, under trees, besides walls – all of them chewing <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">khat, the ubiquitous drug of choice for men along the horn of Africa. For thousands of years, from the wilds of Yemen t ... 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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