DJUBOUTI President Ismael Omar Guelleh has returned from France after weeks of speculation about his health, the state-owned RTD Djibouti TV has reported.
The government last week dismissed reports on social media that the 73 year-old president was unwell and had been receiving treatment in France.
On Sunday, President Guelleh was seen on state TV disembarking from his presidential plane and greeting officials who were waiting to receive him at the airport.
The preseident was on a private visit to France, the state-owned RTD Djibouti TV said.
The opposition party – Rally for Action, Democracy and Ecological Development (RADDE) – deplored the “notable absence” of the president and the secrecy about his health since 9 September.
President Guelleh has been in office since 1999. He was re-elected in April this year for a fifth term in an election that was largely boycotted by the opposition.
