Editing Djibouti Armed Forces (section)

===Ethiopian Civil War===
In the 27 May to June 13, 1991, the Djiboutian Armed Forces and [[French forces in Djibouti|FFDJ]] participated in Operation Godoria. The President of the Djiboutian Republic, [[Hassan Gouled Aptidon]] described this as a "invasion". At the end of May 1991, the collapse of the [[Derg|Ethiopian regime]] the Assab loyalist division. Crossed the border at dawn, cornered on the northern border of Djibouti, Assab's division, 9,000 strong, crossed the Djiboutian-Ethiopian border with arms and luggage and headed towards [[Obock]]. Simultaneously, another division crossed the Western border and moved towards [[Dikhil]].<ref name="Operation Godoria">{{cite web|url=http://didier88160.free.fr/Armee/Godoria/Ancre%20or/Ancre%20or.html |title= Operation Godoria|publisher= |date= |accessdate=1 February 2019}}</ref> This violation of the borders by a regular foreign army falls strictly within the framework of the protocols passed between [[France]] and [[Djibouti]]. This is why, on May 26 at 10:30&nbsp;p.m., Operation Godoria is launched, all Djiboutian and French forces, land, air and sea stationed in Djibouti participate in it. Djiboutian Army, prohibit [[Ethiopian troops]] from surging towards the south. Djiboutian and French troops deployed, facing the firmness of their interlocutors, the Ethiopian officers yielded to the demands and agreed to continue the disarmament already begun. The [[5th Overseas Interarms Regiment]] took charge of a detachment of 4,300 military refugees, accompanied by a few families and embarked in 120 vehicles of all types heading towards the southern [[border]]. The initial aim is to clean up a border area of 150 km2, collect, remove supplies, inventory and hand over abandoned weapons to the Djiboutian authorities. The "Lynx Mike" detachment identifies thousands of individual and collective weapons, includes the [[T 55]], [[ZU-23-2]], [[BTR (vehicle)|BTR]] and [[BRDM]], finally destroys the 50 tons of unpackaged ammunition of all calibers. From May 30 to June 13, there will be a total of 12,500 weapons from the [[AK47]] to the [[T65 assault rifle|T64]], including LRMs, 122 howitzers and more than 200 tons of ammunition from the 200&nbsp;kg bomb to the cartridge factory, via rockets LRM which will have been moved, sorted, stored, even for some of them neutralized or destroyed.<ref name="Operation Godoria"/> For the first time since the accession to independence of Djibouti, the Djiboutian national army and the French forces placed in a highly operational environment, will have proved the validity of the defense agreements binding the two countries contributed to the success of this mission to safeguard the Republic of Djibouti. Perfectly impregnated with the spirit of the mission, the porpoises, from the colonel to the simple soldier, knew how to demand from this [[Ethiopian National Defense Force|Ethiopian army]], demoralized, but still supervised, the strict application of the orders emanating from the civil and military authorities, Djiboutian and French, in starting with disarmament before providing them with the food support that has become essential. Around 10:00 am, the convoy begins its progress in the direction of [[Ali Sabieh]]. Then reached Ali Sabieh where the refugees were taken care of by the Djiboutian Army and the High Commissioner for Refugees. Most will reach the region of [[Dire Dawa]], in eastern [[Ethiopia]].