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Gabon’s constitutional court confirms Oligui Nguema’s victory in presidential election
- Gabon’s Constitutional Court confirmed Brice Oligui Nguema won the April 12 presidential election, with official results showing he received 58,074 votes, accounting for 94.85% of the total votes.
- Nguema will be inaugurated on May 3 and will begin a seven-year term as president.
- A total of 642,632 people voted in the election out of 916,625 eligible voters, according to the court.
- Nguema previously led a coup in August 2023 that ended 56 years of rule by former President Ali Bongo and his family.
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Brice Oligui Nguema overturned Ali Bongo before being elected with more than 90% of the vote. Democratic revolution or recycling of the system? A chronicle signed Theophile Kouamouo, with the lighting of Norbert Navarro.
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Gabon's constitutional court confirms Oligui Nguema's victory in presidential election
Gabon’s constitutional court has confirmed that Gen. Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema — he's Gabon’s interim president who staged a 2023 coup — has won the Central African nation’s April 12 presidential election.
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After an election campaign with no great suspense, the general responsible for the fall of Ali Bongo Ondimba was officially elected in the first round with 94.85 per cent of the votes. Final results that were not contested by his opponents.
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