From left; Chinese official, Presidents Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed of Somalia (second left), Omar al-Bashir (Sudan), Ismaïl Omar Guelleh (Djibouti), Paul Kagame (Rwanda) and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed cut a ribbon during the inauguration of Djibouti International Free Trade Zone on July 5, 2018. 2018. PHOTO | RWANDA PRESIDENCY
Djibouti commissioned a $3.5 billion, Chinese-built free trade zone on Thursday, deepening ties with the Asian giant and helping the Horn of Africa nation generate more jobs for its youths.
Djibouti, with a population of 876,000, already hosts Chinese, US and French naval bases and it also handles roughly 95 per cent of the goods imported by Ethiopia, its land-locked neighbour with 99 million people.
