The Republic of Djibouti

Republic of Djibouti The Republic of Djibouti is a country located in the eastern part of the Gulf of Aden in Africa. Djibouti is smaller than Switzerland and Croatia, smaller than Massachusetts, in a dry and dry area of ​​African horns, overlying a vast rocky desert, dotted in the plateau. The majority of the 775,000 people living in this country are Somalians, the few are distant people, and the approximately 15,000 are Europeans. (Cia.gov) Immigrants from the history of Arabs (Afars) lived in this area in 300 BC. The Somalis arrived very early and Muslims did not enter the area until the year 825 AD.

Djibouti - Africa Republic: Djibouti in the capital. Former French. Djibouti was originally part of Ethiopia and became independent in 1977. Thanks to the Red Sea and the harbor to the Persian Gulf, it is in a great location. However, the confrontation between Ethiopia and Eritrea has hindered port activities. The population of 623,000 people consists mainly of two ethnic groups, Issa majority (Somali) and Afar minority. The current president, Ismail Omar Guelleh, was elected in 1999 and is chairman of the Intergovernmental Development Agency including Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Sudan and Somalia. The Constitution proclaims Islam as a national religion, which also establishes freedom of worship for all religions. The majority of the population (96%) is Sunni Muslims. The early planted church lost Arab invasion in 1200. Catholics occupy 1% of the population, Orthodox and Protestant occupies 2%

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In 1997, when Edna Adan Ismail was representative of the World Health Organization of the Republic of Djibouti, UNICEF asked her to help the Somaliland government approve the approval of the seminar at Hargeysa. Seminar for activating sports. Eliminate female genitomy. The workshop was approved and held, and the National Committee and the Regional Task Force were established to formulate formal policies. This work is under way and various NGOs and women's organizations have started their own eradication campaign.