Djibouti opened a $64 million port on Thursday, the third of four ports designed to boost the tiny Horn of Africa nation's position as a trading hub, its ports authority said. Djibouti Ports and Free ...

LAKE ASSAL (Djibouti): The line of dromedaries shimmered in the dying evening heat as it followed a trade route used by the Afar nomads of the horn of Africa for hundreds of years. In the distance ...

Lake Assal, Djibouti – From a distance, Djibouti‘s Lake Assal could be mistaken for a prime holiday destination. Its waters glisten under the midday sun, sparkling in different shades of dark ...

It is believed that the lake has a salt concentration of between 34.8 percent and 40 percent. Djibouti exports the salt from the lake to Ethiopia and other countries. It is the world’s largest ...

Djibouti, on the Horn of Africa, is truly a holiday destination for adventurers. ... We descended to Lac Assal, a salt lake marking Africa's lowest point, and the afternoon became quite surreal.

Djibouti: The African country sure to dominate 2018 travel agendas. Intense, alien, and relatively unscarred by tourism – Djibouti’s a worthy addition to your travel plans, says Georgina ...

Djibouti is also home to Lake Assal, ... Djibouti Salt employs about 300 local workers, representing about a tenth of the population of nearby communities, according to Pan.

Djibouti has opened the Port of Ghoubet with the main aim of making it a key terminal for salt exportation, with a capacity of five million tonnes, to the world from Lake Assal, one of the lowest ...

China's investment in Djibouti is finally beginning to pay off, but the Red Sea crisis has brought mixed feelings about the business outlook among some Chinese executives based in the tiny Horn of ...