Ali Bongo re-elected as president of Gabon
Gabon President Ali Bongo Ondimba delivers a speech at the Nzang Ayong stadium in Libreville on July 10, 2023, a day after he announced that he would seek a third term as the oil-rich African nation's head of state.
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Gabon's President Ali Bongo Ondimba, who has been in power for nearly 14 years, was re-elected for a third term in Saturday's election with 64.27 percent of votes cast, the national electoral authority said Wednesday.
In a single-round ballot, Bongo beat his main rival Albert Ondo Ossa, who won 30.77 percent of the vote, while 12 other candidates divided those remaining, said Michel Stephane Bonda, chairman of the Gabonese Elections Centre on state television. Voter turnout was 56.65 percent.
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