, April 8, 2026 (AFP) - Veteran president set to win sixth term in strategic Djibouti

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2026-04-08

Djibouti's leader Ismail Omar Guelleh is expected to win a presidential election on Friday, extending his 27-year rule of the tiny, highly strategic Horn of Africa nation. Guelleh, 78, known as "IOG", is one of Africa's longest serving leaders and has ruled the nation of around one million people with an iron fist since 1999. He has turned the arid former French colony into an international military and maritime hub for both the United States and......

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