Omar Guelleh

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)...

President Ismail Omar Guelleh uses the security threats and the importance of the US base to get the West to support him and ignore the fact he intends to defy the constitution and run again as President next year...

Beyond Burkina Faso's borders the drama is being watched intently in countries whose Presidents are planning to extend their rule namely: Congo-Kinshasa's Joseph Kabila Congo-Brazzaville's Denis Sassou-Nguesso Togo's Faure Gnassingbé Benin's Yayi Boni Djibouti's Omar Guelleh Uganda's Yoweri Museveni Burundi's Pierre Nkurunziza and Rwanda's Paul Kagame...

President Ismail Omar Guelleh and his Union pour la majorité présidentielle had an easy victory in the 22 February polls taking 49 of 65 National Assembly seats...

On his tour of Bahrain Kuwait and Qatar Abe also stopped over in Djibouti on 27 August to discuss piracy in the Indian Ocean and the security situation in Somalia with President Ismail Omar Guelleh's government...

Li and President Ismail Omar Guelleh met privately to discuss Djibouti’s role in the railway project...