Two-man race: Djibouti’s President Guelleh set to extend 27-year rule
Long-ruling leader faces no real competition as he seeks a sixth term in the strategic Horn of Africa country.

Long-ruling leader faces no real competition as he seeks a sixth term in the strategic Horn of Africa country.






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Muslims formed the majority in about 35 of the state’s 126 constituencies. Now that is down to about 20 seats.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, however, made advances in this year’s informal poll about who might succeed Trump.

Nepali rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah has been sworn in as PM after his party’s landslide election win.
Shah was a rebel – crude and different from the politicians who previously led Nepal. How will he be in office?
Emily Gregory’s victory in the previously GOP-held district is the latest Democratic upset before November midterms.
Country’s left bloc falls short of majority in parliament as Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen seeks third term.
Gregoire headed a list uniting the traditional left, the Greens and the Communists to victory in French capital.
The nearly equal result means that none of the main parties will have a majority in the 90-member parliament.
Voters choosing between incumbent PM Robert Golob and pro-Trump Janez Jansa, with neither likely to win a majority.
Slovenia’s election sees the centre-left coalition take on the populist right amid claims of foreign meddling.