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Djibouti

Djibouti is a small, arid country in the Horn of Africa, at the entrance to the Red Sea. Independent from France since 1977, it lives largely from its port, which handles most of landlocked Ethiopia's trade, and hosts several foreign military bases.

A white crust of salt along the pale shore of Lake Assal under a hazy sky, Djibouti

Lake Assal

Photo: Mheidegger, CC BY 4.0

Light blue for the sea and sky, green for the land, white for peace and the red star for unity. Adopted at independence in 1977.

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