Djibouti parliament removes presidential age limit: speaker

ADDIS ABABA: Djibouti’s parliament removed the age limit for presidents with a unanimous vote on Sunday, its speaker said, opening the way for leader Ismail Omar Guelleh to run for a sixth term. Guelleh, 77, has held power since 1999 in the tiny Horn of Africa nation, a major port that hosts military bases for the United States, France, China, Japan and Italy. Djibouti’s lawmakers unanimously approved the change to the constitution to remove a bar on running for president past the age of 75.

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