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.