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Djibouti leader claims sixth straight term

Djibouti leader claims sixth straight term

Djibouti's President Ismail Omar Guelleh on Saturday claimed a landslide victory in an election that secured his sixth straight term at the helm of the strategically placed Horn of Africa nation. Guelleh won Friday's presidential election with 97.8 percent of the vote, according to official

Overnight petrol queues in Ethiopia as war shortages hit

Overnight petrol queues in Ethiopia as war shortages hit

Ethiopians said Friday they slept in their cars in hours-long queues for petrol as shortages caused by the Middle East war began to take their toll. The effective blockade of the Strait of Hormuz by Iran, through which a fifth of the world's oil and gas normally