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Jean Ping
is the former head of the African Union commission.
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Ali Bongo
is standing for a second term. Photo: Reuters
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As voters in Gabon
await presidential election results the main opposition challenger has
demanded a recount, following unofficial reports of a victory for
incumbent President Ali Bongo, Reuters news agency reports.
AFP/Reuters
report continue:
Jean Ping's
camp are challenging a reported 99.9% turnout in Haut
Ogooue province, Reuters adds, quoting a spokesperson.
Haut Ogooue
is the heartland of Mr Bongo's Teke ethnic group, the AFP news agency
reports.
European
Union monitors have called for Gabon to publish "detailed
results" for every polling station and urged all actors to help keep the
peace, in a statement released on Wednesday.
Gabon Voters Left Hanging...
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| A Gabonese waiting for the release of presidential poll results. Photo: AFP |
It's
been a long night for some voters in Gabon, who stayed up in vain waiting for
election results to be announced.
Gabon's electoral
commission finally convened this morning to
start collating results from different parts of the country.
This
meeting should have taken place yesterday evening.
Official
results are now a day late for the poll in which
Meanwhile,
the spokesman for President Ali Bongo, who is looking to extend his
family's decades-long hold on power, has denounced "the interference
of foreign powers".
He
accused the French Socialist Party of President Francois Hollande
of siding with leading opposition candidate Jean Ping and wanting
to interfere with the Gabonese electoral process.
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There was a
heavy military presence in the capital, Libreville, on Tuesday. Photo: AFP
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Mr Hollande's
party put out a statement two days ago saying that "a change in power
would be a sign of good will and a good example".
And Côte d'Ivoire President
Alassane Ouattara has sacked an adviser accused of meddling in
Gabon's election process.
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