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The small nation of Djibouti, situated at the centre of geopolitical power struggles

Thursday, Apr 16, 2026

Der Standard

Djibouti, a small East African nation, is caught in geopolitical tensions due to foreign military bases and vital trade routes.

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Djibouti, a small East African nation, is situated in the center of geopolitical power struggles and lies on a vital trade route that faces renewed danger. The text mentions a meeting between French President Emmanuel Macron and the President of Djibouti, Ismael Omar Guelleh, in Luanda, Angola, on November 24, 2025. Furthermore, it reports that the Iranian military threatened to block the Red Sea trade route if the US continued to block the Strait of Hormuz for Iranian merchant vessels, a situation that would directly affect Djibouti.

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PULSE – Europe beyond the beat is an initiative coordinated by OBCT which has been promoting intense journalistic cross-border collaborations in Europe since 2024. The main aim is to help strengthen the European public sphere by reporting and telling stories from new and diverse perspectives.

At the heart of PULSE are 10 leading national news outlets (Delfi – Lithuania, Deník Referendum – Czechia, Der Standard – Austria, EfSyn – Greece, El Confidencial – Spain, Gazeta Wyborcza – Poland, HotNews – Romania, HVG – Hungary, Il Sole 24 Ore – Italy, Mediapool – Bulgaria) and three transnational organisations, including OBCT , n-ost and Voxeurop .

PULSE’s offering also includes the distribution of free content to third-party outlets and the animation of four thematic networks open to any European journalist interested in crucial issues such as EU enlargement, Europe and other global powers, the green transition, or media and information society.

PULSE is driven by a sort of virtual transnational newsroom made up of journalists from all the publications involved, which produces new journalistic content on European issues in a collaborative way on a daily basis, coming in many languages. A further layer of associated partners and journalists enriches PULSE’s editorial output, which amounts to over a thousand publications per year.