Military leader wins Gabon Presidential Elections ending 55 years of dynasty rule.
Africa Current AffairsPosted by admin on 2025-04-14 23:22:02 | Last Updated by admin on 2025-10-07 04:06:29
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Gabon’s military leader Brice Oligui Nguema has won the country’s presidential election by an apparent landslide, according to provisional results.
The Interior Ministry said on Sunday that Nguema, who led a 2023 military coup, had secured about 90 percent of the vote.
pected to win the eight-candidate race.
On election day, Bilie-By-Nze had warned about “potential” problems during the counting, but Nguema said the electoral process was “transparent”.
His main rival, Alain Claude Bilie-By-Nze, had won some three percent of Saturday’s vote, according to the initial results.
Nguema, who had been instrumental in ending 55 years of dynastic rule of the Bongo family, was widely expected to win the eight-candidate race.
On election day, Bilie-By-Nze had warned about “potential” problems during the counting, but Nguema said the electoral process was “transparent”.
