Tag: Gabon
a very discreet start to the electoral campaign in Libreville
The electoral campaign in view of the general elections of August 26 in Gabon is off to a very timid start. Apart from Ali Bongo’s opening meeting, the atmosphere and…
Elections in Gabon: pending the decision of the Constitutional Court on the single ballot
In Gabon, the protest against the new ballot paper continues. General, presidential, legislative and local elections will take place on August 26. But the controversy has not subsided since, last…
“We are going to win” the election, exclaims Ali Bongo for his first meeting
In Gabon, the electoral campaign for the general elections on August 26th started on Friday. Several candidates for the presidential election went to the provinces. Ali Bongo, outgoing president, led…
Gabon: opposition candidates ask the UN to ensure fair elections
As Gabon prepares for the presidential, legislative and local elections scheduled for August 26, five opposition candidates visited on Tuesday August 8 the offices of the representative of the UN…
negotiations within the opposition a single candidacy
In Gabon, the opposition is continuing its negotiations to find a single presidential candidate. Time is running out as general elections take place on August 26 and President Ali Bongo…
Elections in Gabon: 19 candidates validated, the opposition in search of a single candidate
In Gabon, the electoral process is entering its final phase, before the triple presidential, legislative and local elections scheduled for August 26. On Sunday July 30, the Minister of the…
846,000 voters called to the polls for the general elections on August 26
This figure was revealed on Sunday by the Minister of the Interior Lambert Noël Matha during the ceremony of handing over the electoral lists to the president of the Gabonese…
man killed after taking two oil company employees hostage
In Gabon, to everyone’s surprise, a young Gabonese demanding decent jobs and a better redistribution of income from the oil extracted in his region took two employees of an oil…
details on the new electoral law and the organization of the elections of August 26
In Gabon, the president of the Gabonese Elections Center (CGE), Michel Stéphane Bonda spoke Monday, July 17, during a press conference, to provide explanations on the changes to the electoral…
Gabon: the opposition is indignant after a change in a law six weeks before the presidential election
Several candidates, party leaders and members of civil society protested in the Gabonese Senate against the modification of the electoral law voted on Thursday, July 13, just 6 weeks before…