DJIBOUT, April 11, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Djibouti's veteran leader Ismail Omar Guelleh won the country's presidential election with 97.8 percent of the vote, according to official results on Saturday.

Guelleh won his sixth term at the helm, beating his sole opponent Mohamed Farah Samatar, a little known figure by the general public who secured just 2.2 percent of the vote, according to interior ministry figures.

Guelleh, 78, has run the strategically placed Horn of Africa nation since 1999. He won more than 97 percent of the vote in the last election in 2021.