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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky meets with Andrew Forrest in Kyiv. Inset: Brave Commander bulk

How Twiggy Forrest drove first humanitarian grain shipment out of Ukraine

After visiting Kyiv, Forrest has put his vast resources and networks to good use in a bid to save Ukraine’s record harvest and help feed an increasingly starving world.

  • Rob Harris

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The East African nation of Djibouti has had the equivalent of two years' rain in a single day.

After two years of rain in a single day, Djibouti is submerged

Flash flooding has hit Djibouti in East Africa, which has been called one of the world's most vulnerable non-island nations in the face of climate change.

  • Khaled Kazziha
The port of Djibouti, an arid Horn of Africa nation with less than 1 million inhabitants, has become a military outpost for the US, China, France, Italy and Japan.

Macron shuffles his cards in Djibouti, hoping to hold China at bay

Djibouti, strategically located at the southern entrance to the Red Sea on the route to the Suez Canal, hosts France's largest naval base on the continent.

  • John Irish
The lowest point in Africa: Lac Assal in Djibouti, Africa.

Why Djibouti is Africa's hottest new travel destination

It may sit in one of Africa's most troubled regions, but Djibouti's otherworldly landscapes are starting to attract tourists.

  • Emma Thomson

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