Beach in Djibouti City. Credit

Djibouti is a small country in eastern Africa, located in the Horn of Africa. Djibouti is bordered by Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia. The remainder of the border is formed by the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. On the other side of the Red Sea, on the Arabian Peninsula, 20 kilometers (12 mi) from the coast of Djibouti, is Yemen.