Veteran leader Ismail Omar Guelleh has been sworn in as Djibouti President for a fifth term.
President Uhuru Kenyatta was among several Head of States who attended the inauguration on Saturday at the country's capital.
Ismail Omar 73, won the April presidential elections with over 97% of the votes cast.
President Kenyatta was accompanied by Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Raychelle Omamo.
Other leaders who attended the inauguration are Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, President Muse Biihi of Somaliland and Somali’s Prime Minister Mohamed Roble. Rwanda’s Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente at the function.
His election makes him one of the longest-serving Head of State in the continent.
He was first elected to office in 1999.
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