title: 2008 in Djibouti
text: # 2008 in Djibouti
  
  The following lists events that happened in 2008 in Djibouti.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * President: Ismaïl Omar Guelleh
  * Prime Minister: Dileita Mohamed Dileita
  
  ## Events
  
  ### June
  
  * June 2 - The United Nations Security Council goes on a mission to Africa with the first leg of the mission to Djibouti to discuss the Somali Civil War.
  * June 14 - The French Defense Ministry announces France is increasing its military presence in Djibouti following border clashes with Eritrea. France has a mutual defense agreement with Djibouti.
  
  ### October
  
  * October 24 - The government of Djibouti has said that the country will have to go to war with Eritrea unless the United Nations acts to resolve growing tension over a border dispute.
  