DJIBOUTI (AFP)
Djibouti's 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.
Guelleh won Friday's presidential election with 97.8% of the vote, according to official results. He beat his sole opponent Mohamed Farah Samatar, who secured just 2.2% of the vote, according to interior ministry figures.
"Re-elected", the 78-year-old declared in a social media post ahead of the official results, after early results gave him a huge lead.
Guelleh has ruled the tiny nation of one million people for 27 years, making his name by leveraging Djibouti's key location to turn it into an international military and maritime hub.