Djibouti a Small Coastal State Crowded, Overflowing With Red Sea Naval Bases

Eight countries from four continents have a military presence in this tiny country in the Horn of Africa. Those with naval bases here include nuclear-armed rivals with troops just kilometers apart. Deepening tensions in the Red Sea following Israel’s attack on the Houthi-controlled port of Hodeidah in Yemen have highlighted the growing importance of Djibouti as a military base used by world powers to monitor the region. A tiny country on the Horn of Africa with just over a million people, Djibouti is home to American, French, Chinese, Japanese and Italian military bases, to name but some. It is also…