| HORNOFAFRICA | Peninsula containing the countries of Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia |
| HORN | ___ of Africa (region that includes Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia) |
| DJIBOUTI | African country bordered by Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia |
| ARABIANSEA | Northwester arm of the Indian Ocean - India to the east and Yemen, Oman and Somalia to the west (7,3) |
| HAILESELASSIE | The last emperor of Ethiopia, and first head of the OAU, _ _ (5,8) |
| IBERIS | The cascading fragrant candytuft's Latin name, which beautifully reveals its link to the sun-drenched peninsula containing Portugal and Spain (6) |
| EASTERNBLOC | Collective name of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe under Soviet domination during the Cold War |
| EASTERN | Collective name of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe under Soviet domination during the Cold War (7,4) |
| BLOC | Collective name of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe under Soviet domination during the Cold War (7,4) |
| AFRICAN | A native, inhabitant or citizen of any of the countries of Africa (7) |
| GEOGRAPHY | Study of the countries of the world (9) |
| ATLAS | A book with maps of the countries of the world (5) |
| ISMAELGUELLEH | What is the first and last name of the president of Djibouti who succeeded his uncle, Hassan Gouled |
| ADEN | Gulf of ---, waterway between Yemen and Somalia, connecting the Arabian Sea with the Red Sea (4) |
| IBERIA | Peninsula containing Portugal and Spain (6) |
| ARABIA | Peninsula containing Oman, Kuwait and Bahrain (6) |
| ASIA | Continent that includes the countries of Japan and Laos (4) |
| SOUTHAMERICA | Continent which includes the countries of Chile and Peru (5,7) |
| BALTIC | ____ states, unofficial geographical term for the countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania (6) |
| CAUCASIAN | ____ republics, term for the countries of Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan (9) |
