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/ 14 September 2009
Many Gabonese snubbed an opposition appeal to stay at home in protest at a disputed presidential election on Monday.
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/ 5 September 2009
Leading Gabon opposition figures said on Friday they would mount a legal challenge to the victory of ruling party candidate Ali Ben Bongo.
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/ 3 September 2009
Security forces clashed with opposition supporters in Libreville on Thursday after Ali Ben Bongo was declared the winner of a disputed poll.
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/ 3 September 2009
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.
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/ 3 September 2009
Security forces in Gabon used tear gas to disperse hundreds of opposition supporters outside the election commission on Thursday.
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/ 1 September 2009
AU observers called for calm and Gabon’s forces stepped up patrols in the capital on Tuesday as election officials further delayed the poll result.
The three main candidates in Gabon’s presidential election all claimed victory on Monday, though no official results were announced.
Gabon’s voters will head to closely guarded polling stations on Sunday to choose a successor to Omar Bongo.