Whenever China announces its defense budget, some foreign media outlets are quick to peddle speculative commentary, ...

The US Army through Justified Accord 2025 (JA25) conducted a multinational crisis response readiness training for 1,700 ...

Djibouti, the former French territory in the Horn of Africa across from the Arabian Peninsula, is the site of the last significant French military base on the continent and, in fact, the largest ...

French President Emmanuel Macron said Friday its military base in Djibouti could assume a greater role, speaking after Paris was forced to pull troops out of several other African countries.

Several countries, including the United States and China, have military installations in Djibouti. The country sits on the west side of the Bab El Mandeb Strait, in East Africa. along one of the ...

The French remain only in Djibouti, with 1,500 soldiers, and Gabon, with 350 troops. After expelling French troops, military leaders of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have moved closer to Russia, which ...

A U.S. general confirms China will open a base in Djibouti. Here's why that shouldn't be taken as a threat. Plus, details on China’s five-year plan, more on the Ma-Xi meeting, and a US ...

A dockworker passes by a container ship at the Chinese-operated port of Djibouti in 2015. (Carl de Souza/AFP/Getty Images) Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript ...