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Djibouti’s President Ismael Omar Guelleh has won re-election with 97.8% of the vote, state-owned Radio Television Djibouti said on Saturday, handing him a sixth term that extends his 27-year rule over the small but strategically located East African country. Guelleh posted an image of himself on X with the French word “RÉÉLU,” meaning “re-elected.”
The result was never in serious doubt. Guelleh, 78, was handpicked in 1999 to succeed his uncle Hassan Gouled Aptidon, and his party dominates national institutions. Last October, parliament removed the 75-year age limit for presidential candidates and scrapped a referendum previously required to approve a new constitution.
In Friday’s vote, Guelleh faced only Mohamed Farah Samatar, a lone opposition candidate from a small party with no parliamentary representation. Two of the main opposition parties have boycotted elections since 2016, accusing election authorities of lacking impartiality.
State media said voter turnout was 80.4%. In the 2021 election, Guelleh won with more than 97% of the vote. Djibouti has remained relatively stable compared with several Horn of Africa neighbours, and the government has invested heavily in port infrastructure to make the country the main gateway to landlocked Ethiopia.
Human rights groups accuse Djiboutian authorities of repressing political opponents, activists and journalists, while the government denies widespread abuses and rejects criticism of the electoral process. Security forces also quashed rare anti-government protests in 2020 after the arrest of a former air force pilot who accused officials of corruption and clan-based discrimination.
