Djibouti

Djibouti is a small county in the northwestern part of Africa.  It has 23,200 sq kilometers or 8,958 sq miles which are smaller than the land size of Maryland.  California has 163,707 sq miles. One of the largest economic challenges is employment. The unemployment rate is 52% and most of the unemployed are young men and women.  Djibouti is already at a disadvantage since the average life expectancy for men is 62.2 years and women 65.5 year.  The whole infrastructure is behind most modern countries.  It lacks public transportation and public services like education. Poverty is everywhere and had become the norm. The current plan is to build ports along the water and roadways and electric power lines to Ethiopia.  The import of commercial goods would increase some economic growth and jobs. What I wanted to know is why is there an USAF air station there and what other countries have a military base there.  Japan has one only base outside of Japan and it is in Djibouti.  Japan was there temporary to evacuate Japanese citizens out of Sudan.  As of 1990 about 30% of Japanese goods are exported to South Africa and 50% are imported.  Djibouti is the hub for the aircrafts. What do they export one might ask? In no particular order palm oil, oil, gold, diamonds, lumber, tea, cocoa, and other precious metals.


https://www.afdb.org/en/countries/east-africa/djibouti/djibouti-economic-outlook/