21/07/1998
1 Conscription
conscription does not exist
According to the Embassy of Djibouti in Washington DC military service is not compulsory. [2]
recruitment
Apparently, joining the armed forces is voluntary.
In 1994 it was reported that the Djibouti government discriminated against citizens on the basis of ethnicity in terms of employment and advancement. The armed forces - as well as the government - mainly consisted of members of the Issa, the dominant Somali clan in Djibouti.
