Djibouti: Ismail Omar Guelleh eyes fourth term win in elections Djibouti president Ismail Omar Guelleh, who has been in power since 1999, holds a rally ahead of polls on 8 April. Since campaigning began on March 25 portraits of "IOG", as Guelleh is nicknamed, have lined the baking hot streets of Djibouti city, where Guelleh supporters parade in the green party colours of his Union for the Presidential Majority. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES