DJIBOUTI: TERRORIST WARNING IS AIMED AT UPSETTING THE REGIONAL BALANCE OF POWER
Tue, 30 March 2021
A warning of a terrorist attack in Djibouti just weeks before its presidential election underscores the aspirational targeting by militant groups of the tiny Red Sea state, although actual capability to carry out such a threat is limited. The terrorist threat should instead be seen in the context of intensifying socio-economic grievances in Djibouti, a shifting balance of power in the restive Horn of Africa, and the country’s role in the regional arms trade.
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