"Our role is changing in Africa because the world is changing ... AFP in an interview that France should close its military bases there. Djibouti has in the past been part of France's Indo-Pacific ...

Djibouti, the former French territory in the Horn of Africa across from the Arabian Peninsula, is the site of the last significant French military base on the continent and, in fact, the largest ...

Undersea telecom cables run to Djibouti for the same reason that eight big powers came here to put up military bases – the ...

Navy commander Shen Jinlong “read an order on constructing the base in Djibouti”, but agency Xinhua did not say when the base would begin operations. Ships carrying personnel for China's first ...

Major global powers consider it a gateway to Africa. In 2017, China chose Djibouti for its first overseas military base. While Japan pushes a "free and open Indo-Pacific," China is promoting its ...

A U.S. general confirms China will open a base in Djibouti. Here's why that shouldn't be taken as a threat. Plus, details on China’s five-year plan, more on the Ma-Xi meeting, and a US ...

hosting military bases for the United States, China, Japan and European nations like Italy and France, Feriani said. Djibouti, at the southern entrance to the Red Sea, is one of the smallest countries ...