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  • 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

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