I have a potential client for photographs of a country that looks very much like Djibouti.

There is a travel advisory on for Djibouti, to have personal security. I cannot afford personal security. However the client will accept any reasonable counterpart for Djibouti.

I need to find out what country might look enough like Djibouti to get a contract with the client. Does anyone have enough experience with Djibouti, and other parts of Africa (also Francophone, perhaps?) to answer this question?