Djibouti president re-election confirmed with 97% of vote

Guelleh, 78, has ruled the small, strategically important country in the Horn of Africa unchallenged since 1999. The outcome of the election was never in doubt. Initial results a few hours after the April 10 vote showed he had taken 97.81 percent, against just one largely unknown opponent. "In this election, President Guelleh obtained 97.01 percent of the vote, for a total of 204,874 votes cast. His main opponent, Mohamed Farah Samatar, received 6,318 votes, or 2.99 percent of the total," said Djibouti's official press agency...