Afars

Unrest among the Afars minority during the 1990s led to a civil war that ended in 2001 following the conclusion of a peace accord between Afar rebels and the Issa-dominated government.

Djibouti 2009

The French Territory of the Afars and the Issas became Djibouti in 1977.

Djibouti 2009

Unrest among the Afars minority during the 1990s led to a civil war that ended in 2001 following the conclusion of a peace accord between Afar rebels and the Issa-dominated government.

Background 2008

The dominant ethnic groups are the nomadic pastoralist Afars and a Somali clan, the Issas.

Ethiopian xeric grasslands and shrublands 2008

Djibouticonventional long form: Republic of Djibouti conventional short form: Djibouti local long form: Republique de Djibouti/Jumhuriyat Jibuti local short form: Djibouti/Jibuti former: French Territory of the Afars and Issas, French Somaliland

Country name 2008

Unrest among the Afars minority during the 1990s led to a civil war that ended in 2001 following the conclusion of a peace accord between Afar rebels and the Issa-dominated government.

Djibouti 2008

DjiboutiThe French Territory of the Afars and the Issas became Djibouti in 1977.

Background 2008

Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 67.9% male: 78% female: 58.4% (2003 est.) GovernmentCountry name: conventional long form: Republic of Djibouti conventional short form: Djibouti local long form: Republique de Djibouti/Jumhuriyat Jibuti local short form: Djibouti/Jibuti former: French Territory of the Afars and Issas, French Somaliland

Djibouti 2008

The French Territory of the Afars and the Issas became Djibouti in 1977.

Energy profile of Djibouti 2007

The Afars ethnic group (Ethiopian in origin) in the north, with French support, won a referendum to retain ties to France rather than seek independence, as wished by the Issas group (of Somali origin).

1. Djibouti 2001