Omar

Given that the state controls most of the country, and power is reserved for the dominant clan, Issas, and even more so the president's sub - clan, the Mamasans, it is unlikely that we will witness a political transition. It is not excluded that Omar Guelleh will change the constitution to remove the age limit just as he removed the limit on the number of seats in 2010. But if he respected the constitution, he would surely seek a trusted successor, hence someone from his inner circle. which shares its line:…

Two years ago in Sudan, a revolution led to the fall of President Omar al-Bashir after 30 years of rule. In Atbara, a small town in the north of the country that was the epicenter of the revolution, members of NISS, the dismissed president's security services, have been on trial for the murder of protesters. as reported from…

Ismaël Omar Guelleh was re-elected on Friday with 98.58% of the vote, according to preliminary official figures, as president of Djibouti, a small strategic country in the Horn of Africa that he has led with an iron fist for 22 years. "IOG", 73 years old, ran for a fifth and, theoretically, last term against Zakaria Ismail…