Ciné-Fȇte - Djibouti, a Coveted Desert

Djibouti, a Coveted Desert

Episode of : Traces of Empires +
Product code : A95-S01-10
Category(ies) : Contemporary History +, Modern History +, Geopolitics +, Africa +
Level(s) : Sec. (ages 14-17) +, Post-Sec. (18 +) +
Duration : 26 min.
Production year : 2003
Director(s) : Jimmy Leipold
Producer(s) : CNDP
Version(s) : French +

Description

Djibouti has been independent since 1977 but still retains traces of its French colonial past. A strategic point between the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean, this small East African territory is much coveted and weakened by age-old poverty.