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Politics● Elevated24m ago · Nov 14, 2026, 3:38 PM

How does Ismaïl Omar Guelleh manage to protect Djibouti in a region with multifaceted crises

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Jeune Afrique · Sub-Saharan Africa

Houthi attacks from Yemen in the Red Sea, the rise of Al-Shabaab jihadists in Somalia, communal unrest in Ethiopia… As his country is surrounded by tensions, the Djiboutian president is particularly expected on the diplomatic front.

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