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Out of Eden Walk: Djibouti and the Red Sea

Out of Eden Walk

In early 2013, National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek began an epic walk, following the path of the first human migration out of Africa about 60,000 years ago. Host Carol Hills speaks with Salopek — now two-thirds through his global journey — about his experience walking through Djibouti and sailing through the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, the entrance to the Red Sea.

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Djibouti’s ‘cosmopolitan musical sound’ captured in first-ever global album

Music
Djibouti City port, sundown.

Living among superpower enemies: Just another day in the life of Djibouti locals

Global Politics
Boys wait for a flight at Sanaa International Airport, where foreigners are being evacuated from Yemen.

Americans in Yemen want out, and two flights being readied

Conflict
U.S. President Barack Obama meets with President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh of Djibouti on May 5, 2014. Some Djiboutians say American ties to their country are holding back democratization.

The overthrow of Blaise Compaoré sparks protests against Djibouti’s leader

Global Politics

Top of the Hour: Catastrophic Drought in Horn of Africa, Morning Headlines

People from Somalia, Ethiopia, and Djibouti are pouring into overcrowded refugee camps after a drought has ravaged the Horn of Africa the second consecutive year.