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Djibouti's Geothermal Potential and the Cost of Power
A country sitting on a rift valley imports much of its electricity. The geology says it should not have to.
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Capital: Djibouti City · Djibouti · 18 articlesThe smallest country in the Horn and the most strategically placed, sitting on the Bab el-Mandeb strait where the Red Sea meets the Gulf of Aden. Its economy is built on ports, logistics and the leasing of military bases to foreign powers, and it is the principal maritime gateway for Ethiopian trade.
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IGAD and the Limits of Regional Mediation
The Horn's own regional body has mediated some of Africa's hardest conflicts. Its structural weakness is that its members are frequently parties to them.
PoliticsDjibouti
Djibouti Opens New Road Project
Road links between the capital and the interior regions carry both freight and the case for national cohesion.
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Red Sea Shipping Disruption Reaches Horn Ports
Carriers rerouting around southern Africa change the economics of every terminal between Massawa and Mogadishu.
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Why Ports Matter So Much in the Horn of Africa
Four countries, one strategic waterway, and a hundred and twenty million people who need to reach it.
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Why the Horn of Africa Is Strategically Important
Six factors explain why states with no obvious connection to the region maintain a presence in it.