Djibouti president claims sixth straight term

Djibouti's President Ismail Omar Guelleh claimed a landslide victory with 97.8% of the vote in the presidential election, securing his sixth consecutive term. His sole opponent, Mohamed Farah Samatar, received only 2.2% of the votes. Guelleh, who has ruled for 27 years, has leveraged Djibouti's strategic location to establish it as an international military and maritime hub.