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Djibouti’s President Claims 6th Term as Regional Observers Praise Vote
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The presidential election of 10 April 2026 in this sparsely populated territory (about 900,000 inhabitants) but strategic of the Horn of Africa was only a political setting. In November 2025, Parliament had removed the constitutional age limit of 75 to be a candidate in order to allow Ismaël Omar Guelleh, 78 years old, to stand for office. By Habib Mansour In power for 27 years, Ismaël Omar Guelleh was "re-elected" for a sixth term with 97.81 pe…
Djibouti Election and the Geopolitical Pass That Keeps Authoritarian Leaders Safe
President Ismaïl Guelleh’s recent re-election stretching his time in power beyond 27 years in Djibouti raises questions about the country’s commitment to democratic pricnciples. Development Diaries reports that President Guelleh secured yet another re-election in a country that has quietly become one of the most militarily valuable pieces of land in the world. While on paper, Djibouti a small nation with less than a million people, it is prime r…
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