Djibouti’s Guelleh clinches sixth term amid opposition boycott
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Djibouti President Ismail Omar Guelleh won a sixth term with 97.8% of the vote after a largely opposition-boycotted election; his sole challenger received 2.19%. The race followed a constitutional amendment removing the upper age limit for presidential candidates, extending Guelleh’s 27-year hold on power in a strategically important country that hosts foreign military bases and sits near the Bab el-Mandeb strait.
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