Article Summary

Djibouti's President Ismail Omar Guelleh has been re-elected with 97.8% of the vote in a process that most opposition parties boycotted, calling it unfair. The article reports the official version of events—highlighting stability and high turnout—but doesn’t include context about past election disputes, media restrictions, or how constitutional changes allowed Guelleh to keep running. This makes his long rule seem normal and accepted, even though the full story is more complicated.