Djibouti: Continuity as a strategic choice amid Régional turbulence
In his interview with Jeune Afrique (Issue No. 3158, March 2026), His Excellency Ismail Omar Guelleh, President of the Republic, does more than merely announce his candidacy for a sixth term. He sets a clear course: one of deliberate continuity in a volatile geopolitical environment where even the slightest institutional fragility can become a gateway for external rivalries. Far from being a simple electoral exercise, this interview formalizes a doctrine: to protect the Djiboutian exception, consolidate sovereignty, and prepare the nation's economic transformation. A region under pressure and continuity as a necessity The Horn of Africa is undergoing a period of accelerated recomposition. War in Sudan, chronic instability in Somalia, rivalries among Gulf powers, and growing tensions around the Red Sea: the entire region is subjected to competing dynamics. The recognition of Somaliland by Israel has added a further element of tension. The prospect o...