How to get a Djibouti visa from Cameroon

Serious crime or hostility aimed specifically at travellers is very rare, and there's no more to worry about here than in most other countries. In Djibouti City, take care in crowded areas and markets, as pickpockets may operate, and avoid walking on your own in the Quartier 1, immediately south of Les Caisses market.

Djibouti, in the Horn of Africa, has recently graduated to low-middle-income country status. Despite recent economic growth, poverty rates stand at 79 percent, with 42 percent of the population living in extreme poverty.

More than nine-tenths of the population is Muslim; nearly all adhere to theSunni branch of Islam. Some Christianreligions are represented in Djibouti, including Eastern Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism.

Colloquially, about 59,000 local residents speak the Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic dialect, also known as Djibouti Arabic. French was inherited from the colonial period and is the primary language of instruction. About 17,000 Djiboutians speak it as a first language.

Djibouti is not an electoral democracy. The ruling UMP coalition party has effectively usurped the state. The 65 members of the unicameral parliament, the National Assembly, are directly elected for five-year terms.