Djibouti?President Ismail Omar Guelleh on Saturday claimed a landslide victory in an election that secured his sixth straight term at the helm of the strategically placed Horn of Africa nation, home to a Japanese military base.
Guelleh won Friday¡¯s presidential election with 97.8% of the vote, according to official results.
He beat his sole opponent Mohamed Farah Samatar, little known by the general public, who secured just 2.2% of the vote, according to interior ministry figures.
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