Djibouti's Economic Update April 2022. ", "Every day presents a new challenge as we work our way through what it means for a unit-based headquarters solution to assume such a large portion of the headquarters structure," added Dailey. ), widespread lack of access: due to unfavorable weather and high food prices - about 192,000 people are estimated to be experiencing acute food insecurity between July and December 2022 mainly due to insufficient rains in 2021 and 2022, which affected rangelands and pastoral livelihoods, and high food prices (2022), municipal solid waste generated annually: 114,997 tons (2002 est. Soldiers, especially those donning their first combat patch, the respect and responsibility that comes along with their milestone. U.S. Army Maj. Gen. William Zana, commanding general of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, welcomes Department of Defense and Department of State officials during the annual East Africa Security Forum at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, May 11, 2022. Djibouti hosts modern port facilities, which enable the growth of the logistics and services sector. The exercise included manoeuvres, flying operations for vertical replenishment, visit and board operations, and communication procedures. History of U.S. Relations With Djibouti U.S. Census Bureau Foreign Trade Statistics Their current combat deployment is with CJTF-HOA, located at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, the only permanent U.S. military base on the African continent. ), at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female0-14 years: 1.01 male(s)/female15-64 years: 0.77 male(s)/female65 years and over: 0.78 male(s)/femaletotal population: 0.83 male(s)/female (2023 est. In December 2011, Djibouti became the third country to contribute to AMISOM. CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti South Dakota National Guard Soldiers assigned to the 196th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade (MEB) are deployed to Camp Lemonnier as the core staff for Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA). Naval Forces Africa and Commander, Navy Installations Command. Visit the Definitions and Notes page to view a description of each topic. U.S. Brig. (Air Force photo by Master Sgt. The landmasses of Africa symbolize the continents fortitude and the commands area of operation. Cody H. Ramirez), Maj. Gen. William Zana, commanding general of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), participates in a patching ceremony with members of the 404th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, March 17, 2022. These imports include coffee, vegetables, perfumery, and cosmetics. 185mailing address: 2150 Djibouti Place, Washington DC 20521-2150telephone: [253] 21-45-30-00FAX: [253] 21-45-31-29email address and website: DjiboutiACS@state.govhttps://dj.usembassy.gov/, two equal horizontal bands of light blue (top) and light green with a white isosceles triangle based on the hoist side bearing a red five-pointed star in the center; blue stands for sea and sky and the Issa Somali people; green symbolizes earth and the Afar people; white represents peace; the red star recalls the struggle for independence and stands for unity, red star; national colors: light blue, green, white, red, name: "Jabuuti" (Djibouti)lyrics/music: Aden ELMI/Abdi ROBLEHnote: adopted 1977, food import-dependent Horn of Africa economy driven by various national military bases and port-based trade; fairly resilient from COVID-19 disruptions; major re-exporter; increasing Ethiopian and Chinese trade relations; investing in infrastructure, $5.432 billion (2021 est. Each EDRE serves to reinforce the U.S. partnership with host countries and to validate the EARFs capabilities to execute their mission across the Horn of Africa. In early February, when the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine arrived, the surgeon cell immediately worked on a plan and distributed vaccines to everyone who elected to be vaccinated. In addition to the no-fail mission to support DoS, the EARF is postured to respond to a broad range of military operations including support for non-combatant evacuation operations, humanitarian assistance, disaster relief operations, recovery of aircraft and personnel, support to U.S. embassies and other missions as directed. (PC 413) in the Red Sea near the Sudan Naval Base on 07 July 2022. )," joked Trotter. "The MEB comprises 80 percent of the headquarters, but the other 20 percent are individuals from around the country that bring the missing talent the headquarters needs to succeed," said Col. David Dailey, commander, 196th MEB. Educational and cultural exchange programs cement people-to-people ties between the United States and Djibouti. Coordinator for the Arctic Region, Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security, Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance, Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights, Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, Office of International Religious Freedom, Office of the Special Envoy To Monitor and Combat Antisemitism, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, Office of the Science and Technology Adviser, Bureau of the Comptroller and Global Financial Services, Bureau of Information Resource Management, Office of Management Strategy and Solutions, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, U.S. THE LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF DJIBOUTI Djibouti, 26 th February 2023 1. Their current combat deployment is with CJTF-HOA, located at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, the only permanent U.S. military base on the African . ), degree of risk: high (2020)food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fevervectorborne diseases: dengue fevernote: on 21 March 2022, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a Travel Alert for polio in Africa; Djibouti is currently considered a high risk to travelers for circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses (cVDPV); vaccine-derived poliovirus (VDPV) is a strain of the weakened poliovirus that was initially included in oral polio vaccine (OPV) and that has changed over time and behaves more like the wild or naturally occurring virus; this means it can be spread more easily to people who are unvaccinated against polio and who come in contact with the stool or respiratory secretions, such as from a sneeze, of an infected person who received oral polio vaccine; the CDC recommends that before any international travel, anyone unvaccinated, incompletely vaccinated, or with an unknown polio vaccination status should complete the routine polio vaccine series; before travel to any high-risk destination, the CDC recommends that adults who previously completed the full, routine polio vaccine series receive a single, lifetime booster dose of polio vaccine, total: 0.21 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est. Aaron Deal, 404th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, waits to receive his combat patch, a military milestone earned while serving in hostile conditions, March 17, 2022. In February, the information operations cell hosted the first cyber-defense exchange between CJTF HOA, the Djiboutian military and the French. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. James Hedman, Sgt. )177.721 (2018 est. ), $1.954 billion (31 December 2017 est. DJIBOUTI, Djibouti (March 5, 2022) - U.S. Navy Sailors assigned to United States Naval Construction Battalions, or "Seabee" units deployed to Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti (CLDJ), held a ball celebrating the 80th birthday of the Seabees March 5. )biomass and waste: 0% of total installed capacity (2020 est. (Senior Airman Charles T. Fultz/Air Force) Flach's teams saw the. Brookelyn Nelson and . )$5.121 billion (2019 est. Being here in Africa is an honor and Im very proud of it., An official website of the United States government, Members of the 404th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade listen to Maj. Gen. William Zana, commanding general of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, after receiving their combat patch, a military milestone earned while serving in hostile conditions, March 17, 2022. ), salt water lake(s): Abhe Bad/Abhe Bid Hayk (shared with Ethiopia) - 780 sq km, most densely populated areas are in the east; the largest city is Djibouti, with a population over 600,000; no other city in the country has a total population over 50,000 as shown in this population distribution map, earthquakes; droughts; occasional cyclonic disturbances from the Indian Ocean bring heavy rains and flash floods, volcanism: experiences limited volcanic activity; Ardoukoba (298 m) last erupted in 1978; Manda-Inakir, located along the Ethiopian border, is also historically active, strategic location near world's busiest shipping lanes and close to Arabian oilfields; terminus of rail traffic into Ethiopia; mostly wasteland; Lac Assal (Lake Assal) is the lowest point in Africa and the saltiest lake in the world, Somali 60%, Afar 35%, other 5% (mostly Yemeni Arab, also French, Ethiopian, and Italian), French (official), Arabic (official), Somali, Afar, Sunni Muslim 94% (nearly all Djiboutians), other 6% (mainly foreign-born residents - Shia Muslim, Christian, Hindu, Jewish, Baha'i, and atheist). Ensuring a readied response force requires constant attention and practice, which takes form in periodic Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercises. . He reminded the U.S. Cody H. Ramirez), Command Chief Master Sgt. You all are going to live through history here, added Zana, regarding the MEBs next eight months in Djibouti, East Africa and the greater continent. Djibouti's total population was 1.01 million in January 2022.. Data show that Djibouti's population increased by 14 thousand (+1.4 percent) between 2021 and 2022.. 47.5 percent of Djibouti's population is female, while 52.5 percent of the population is male.. At the start of 2022, 78.4 percent of Djibouti's population lived in urban centres, while 21.6 . )consumption: -62.6 million kWh (2019 est. ), production: 0 cubic meters (2021 est. The unit provided contracting support services to U.S. forces in the region. ), conventional long form: Republic of Djibouticonventional short form: Djiboutilocal long form: Republique de Djibouti (French)/ Jumhuriyat Jibuti (Arabic)local short form: Djibouti (French)/ Jibuti (Arabic)former: French Somaliland, French Territory of the Afars and Issasetymology: the country name derives from the capital city of Djibouti, name: Djiboutigeographic coordinates: 11 35 N, 43 09 Etime difference: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)etymology: the origin of the name is disputed; multiple descriptions, possibilities, and theories have been proposed, 6 districts (cercles, singular - cercle); Ali Sabieh, Arta, Dikhil, Djibouti, Obock, Tadjourah, history: approved by referendum 4 September 1992amendments: proposed by the president of the republic or by the National Assembly; Assembly consideration of proposals requires assent of at least one third of the membership; passage requires a simple majority vote by the Assembly and approval by simple majority vote in a referendum; the president can opt to bypass a referendum if adopted by at least two-thirds majority vote of the Assembly; constitutional articles on the sovereignty of Djibouti, its republican form of government, and its pluralist form of democracy cannot be amended; amended 2006, 2008, 2010, mixed legal system based primarily on the French civil code (as it existed in 1997), Islamic religious law (in matters of family law and successions), and customary law, accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; accepts ICCt jurisdiction, citizenship by birth: nocitizenship by descent only: the mother must be a citizen of Djiboutidual citizenship recognized: noresidency requirement for naturalization: 10 years, chief of state: President Ismail Omar GUELLEH (since 8 May 1999)head of government: Prime Minister Abdoulkader Kamil MOHAMED (since 1 April 2013)cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the prime ministerelections/appointments: president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term; election last held on 9 April 2021 (next to be held in April 2026); prime minister appointed by the presidentelection results: 2021: Ismail Omar GUELLEH reelected president for a fifth term; percent of vote - Ismail Omar GUELLEH (RPP) 97.4%, Zakaria Ismael FARAH (MDEND) 2.7%2016: Ismail Omar GUELLEH reelected president for a fourth term; percent of vote - Ismail Omar GUELLEH (RPP) 87%, Omar Elmi KHAIREH (CDU) 7.3%, other 5.6%, description: unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale, formerly the Chamber of Deputies (65 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by party-list proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms)elections: last held on 23 February 2018 (next to be held in February 2023)election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - UMP 57, UDJ-PDD 7, CDU 1; composition - men 48, women 17, percent of women 26.2%, highest court(s): Supreme Court or Cour Supreme (consists of NA magistrates); Constitutional Council (consists of 6 magistrates)judge selection and term of office: Supreme Court magistrates appointed by the president with the advice of the Superior Council of the Magistracy (CSM), a 10-member body consisting of 4 judges, 3 members (non parliamentarians and judges) appointed by the president, and 3 appointed by the National Assembly president or speaker; magistrates appointed for life with retirement at age 65; Constitutional Council magistrate appointments - 2 by the president of the republic, 2 by the president of the National Assembly, and 2 by the CSM; magistrates appointed for 8-year, non-renewable termssubordinate courts: High Court of Appeal; 5 Courts of First Instance; customary courts; State Court (replaced sharia courts in 2003), Center for United Democrats or CDU [Ahmed Mohamed YOUSSOUF, chairman]Democratic Renewal Party or PRD [Abdillahi HAMARITEH]Djibouti Development Party or PDD [Mohamed Daoud CHEHEM]Front for Restoration of Unity and Democracy (Front pour la Restauration de l'Unite Democratique) or FRUD [Ali Mohamed DAOUD]Movement for Democratic Renewal and Development or MRD (formerly Democratic Renewal Party or PRD) [Daher Ahmed FARAH]National Democratic Party or PND [Aden Robleh AWALEH]People's Rally for Progress or RPP [Ismail Omar GUELLEH] (governing party)Peoples Social Democratic Party or PPSD [Hasna Moumin BAHDON]Republican Alliance for Democracy or ARD [Aden Mohamed ABDOU]Union for Democracy and Justice or UDJ [Ilya Ismail GUEDI Hared]Union for the Presidential Majority coalition or UMP [collective leadership] (electoral coalition includes RPP, FRUD, PPSD, and UPR)Union for National Salvation coalition or USN [collective leadership] (electoral coalition includes ARD, PRD, PDD, UDJ, and PND)Union of Reform Partisans or UPR [Ibrahim Daoud CHEHEM]note: only parties with seats in the National Assembly included, ACP, AfDB, AFESD, AMF, ATMIS, AU, CAEU (candidates), COMESA, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAS, MIGA, MINURSO, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, chief of mission: Ambassador Mohamed Siad DOUALEH (28 January 2016)chancery: 1156 15th Street NW, Suite 515, Washington, DC 20005telephone: [1] (202) 331-0270FAX: [1] (202) 331-0302email address and website: info@djiboutiembassyus.orghttps://www.djiboutiembassyus.org/, chief of mission: Ambassador Jonathan Goodale PRATT (since 22 February 2021)embassy: Lot 350-B Haramouss, B.P.
