Ismaïl Omar Guelleh

Africa votes in 2016 Country Date Type Uganda February General Yoweri Museveni repressed opposition and fixed vote CAR February-March Presidential & legislative Sporadic organisational problems Niger February-March Presidential & legislative Mahamadou Issoufou won presidential vote in 2nd round after fixes Cape Verde March Legislative Widely seen as credible Benin March Presidential Over 30 contenders and credible poll Congo-Brazzaville March Presidential Denis Sassou-Nguesso pushed constitutional changes fixed election Tanzania (Zanzibar) March Regional Zanzibar election rerun widely condemned Senegal March Referendum Credible vote after hesitation on reforms Comoros February-April Presidential Constitutional court to decide on 2nd round vote Sudan April Referendum on Darfur Omer el Beshir repressed opposition fixed vote threatens new offensive Equatorial Guinea April Presidential Teodoro Obiang repressed opposition and fixed vote Chad April Presidential Idriss Déby Itno repressed opposition and fixed vote Djibouti April Presidential Ismaïl Omar Guelleh repressed opposition and fixed vote Gabon August Presidential Ali Ben Bongo in tight race history of fixing Zambia August Presidential Edgar Lungu in tight race; his supporters threaten opposition Cape Verde August Presidential Shootings raise tension South Africa August Local elections Critical test of Jacob Zuma's leadership...

In Djibouti President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh also presided over deeply flawed elections this month (AC Vol 57 No 8 Guelleh opts for landslide)...

President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh won with a disputed 87% of the vote in the 8 April presidential poll...

President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh has been trying to capitalise on obtaining the release of four Djiboutian soldiers from Eritrean custody after mediation by Qatar...

Two months ahead of national elections President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh has experienced what must rank as one of most spectacular drubbings of a foreign head of state on British soil...

There will be no prizes for guessing the election winners in Uganda (Yoweri Museveni in February) Niger (Mahammadou Issoufou February) and Djibouti (Ismail Omar Guelleh April)...

As China deepens its commitment to a base in Djibouti a London court has heard how illicit Chinese funds may have indirectly helped President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh win elections...

In February Djiboutian President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh and Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn held a joint meeting to accuse Eritrea of sabotaging regional stability...

It points to the fragility of President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh's position that a mismanaged legal battle with one of his political rivals in London's High Court could undermine his plans to change the constitution again and run for the presidency next April (AC Vol 56 No 19 High Court awaits Guelleh)...

Boreh please find attached a pro forma invoice for 16 days stay of HH Ismail Omar Guelleh and his kids...

A High Court judge in London has ordered Djibouti's President Ismail Omar Guelleh to give evidence in person next month in the increasingly fraught case between the Djibouti government and exiled businessman Abdourahman Boreh (AC Vol 56 No 10 Grandstanding Guelleh)...

US Secretary of State John Kerry showed that when he paid President Ismael Omar Guelleh a quiet visit in May the same month that China announced plans to open a military base in the country reportedly near the port of Obock (AC Vol 56 No 10 Grandstanding Guelleh)...