Gabon opposition rejects court validation of Bongo win
Gabon’s failed opposition candidates on Wednesday urged mass resistance and rejected a top court’s validation of the contested poll win of Omar Bongo.
Gabon’s failed opposition candidates on Wednesday urged mass resistance and rejected a top court’s validation of the contested poll win of Omar Bongo.
Gabon’s Constitutional Court says Ali Bongo won the August 30 presidential elections that opposition candidates said were fraudulent.
Leading Gabon opposition figures said on Friday they would mount a legal challenge to the victory of ruling party candidate Ali Ben Bongo.
Gangs looted stores in Gabon’s second city of Port Gentil on Friday, amid new unrest after Ali Bongo was declared winner of the country’s election.
Security forces clashed with opposition supporters in Libreville on Thursday after Ali Ben Bongo was declared the winner of a disputed poll.
Ali Ben Bongo, son of Gabon’s long-time ruler, Omar Bongo, won an election to succeed his late father, the interior minister announced on Thursday.
Gabon was in lockdown on Tuesday as it went into mourning for the death of President Omar Bongo Ondimba, Africa’s longest-serving leader.