Djibouti Armed Forces

Djiboutian Armed Forces
الجيش الجيبوتي (Arabic)
Ciidanka Dalka Jabuuti (Somali)
Force Armée Djiboutienne (French)
Emblem of the Djiboutian Armed Force
Official Badge of the Djiboutian Armed Forces
MottoGuul ama Dhimasho
(Victory or Death)
Founded6 June 1977; 47 years ago (6 June 1977)
Service branchesDjiboutian Army
Djiboutian Air Force
Djiboutian Navy
Djiboutian Gendarmerie
Republican Guard
Djiboutian Coast Guard
Leadership
Commander-in-ChiefIsmaïl Omar Guelleh
Prime MinisterAbdoulkader Kamil Mohamed
Minister of DefenceHassan Omar Mohamed[1]
Chief of the General StaffGeneral Zakaria Chiek Imbrahim
Personnel
Military age18–49 years old
Available for
military service
391,797, age 18–49 (2010 est.)
Fit for
military service
268,730, age 18–49 (2010 est.)
Reaching military
age annually
(2010 est.)
Active personnel20,470 (2018 est.)
Reserve personnel12,220 (2018 est.)
Deployed personnelSomalia – 3,500[2]
Central African Republic – 195 Gendarmerie[3]
Democratic Republic of the Congo - 25 Police
Expenditure
Budget$195 million (2021 est.)
Percent of GDP3.5% (2019 est.)
Industry
Foreign suppliersUnited States
France
Italy
Related articles
HistoryMilitary history of Djibouti: Djiboutian Civil War
Djiboutian–Eritrean border conflict
United Nations–African Union Mission in Darfur
African Union Mission to Somalia
African Union Transition Mission in Somalia
RanksMilitary ranks of Djibouti

The Djibouti Armed Forces (DJAF; French: Force Armée Djiboutienne FAD, Arabic: الجيش الجيبوتي, romanizedaljaysh aljibutiu, Somali: Ciidanka Dalka Jabuuti) are the military forces of Djibouti. They consist of the Djiboutian National Army and its sub-branches the Djiboutian Air Force and Djiboutian Navy. As of 2018, the Djibouti Armed Forces consists of 20,470 (2018 est.) ground troops, which are divided into several regiments and battalions garrisoned in various areas throughout the country. The Djibouti Armed Forces are an important player in the Bab-el-Mandeb and Red Sea.

In 2015 General Zakaria Chiek Imbrahim was chief d'etat-major general (chief of staff) of the Forces Armees Djiboutiennes. He assumed command in November 2013.[4]

Djibouti has always been a very active member in the African Union and the Arab League.

  1. ^ "Defense.gov".
  2. ^ Garowe Online (25 October 2022). "Connecting the Horn of Africa and the Gulf". Garowe Online. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  3. ^ "UN PEACEKEEPING". United Nations Peacekeeping. Retrieved 2022-07-27.
  4. ^ "Djiboutian Armed Forces top leader retires, changes command | Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-07-05.