Japan's deployment of two P-3C maritime surveillance aircraft to Djibouti is significant for both anti-piracy operations and the Japanese military. [more]
Sub-Saharan Africa’s geography determines its politics, economics and industry, in particular by limiting foreign investment and constraining the directions in which foreign capital flows. [more]
Factions in the Somalian Islamist Group the Supreme Islamic Courts Council will use an upcoming conference in Djibouti to unify their insurgency, Stratfor sources reported April 24. [more]