FILE PHOTO: Djibouti's President Ismael Omar Guelleh casts his ballot during the presidential elections at the Ras-Dika district polling centre in Djibouti, April 9, 2021. REUTERS/Abdourahim Arteh/File Photo
NAIROBI (Reuters) -Djibouti’s President Ismail Omar Guelleh won a fifth five-year term on Saturday after an election boycotted by most of the opposition, securing over 97% of the votes cast, official data from the Interior Ministry on Saturday showed.
Friday's vote pitted only one challenger against the incumbent - relative newcomer Zakaria Ismail Farah. The Interior Ministry data showed that he came second with 2.48% of the 177,391 votes cast. Some 5,447 ballots were declared invalid.
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