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Djibouti
Post-IOG prep leaking all over social media

Djibouti's President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh. © Ismaïl Omar Guelleh/Twitter

A leaked conversation attributed to president Ismail Omar Guelleh has paralysed Djibouti's power and opened the way to succession struggles. [...]

Published on 07/02/2022 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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The Speaker of the Djibouti National Assembly, Mohamed Ali Houmed.

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Djibouti's president Ismaïl Omar Guelleh at the African Union Assembly in Addis Ababa on 5 February 2022.

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IOG sows the seeds of discord over his succession

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