Gabon's constitutional court has started to recount the votes in the presidential election held on August 30.
Opposition candidates Andre Mba Obame and Pierre Manboundou hope the recount will cancel the disputed election of Ali Bongo.
Gabon's constitutional court has announced a recount of all of the votes in the presidential election held on August 30. Scheduled for September 29, the recount was prompted by official challenges from opponents of president-elect Ali Bongo.
For over forty years, the country was ruled by one man, Omar Bongo. After his death, elections named Ali Bongo, Omar's son, the new president. However, two other candidates are also claiming victory. And they're not backing down.
The losing candidates (pictured) in Gabon's presidential elections claim there was widespread fraud in the poll and that the death toll due to post-election violence was much higher than the three deaths recorded.
Calm has descended on the southern coastal city of Port-Gentil, after unrest rocked the city causing at least three deaths, following the election of the late president's son, Ali Ben Bongo. The opposition is alleging election fraud.
In an exclusive interview with FRANCE 24, Gabon's Prime Minister Paul Biyoghe Mba has denied his government was considering a state of emergency in the riot-hit city of Port-Gentil, contradicting an earlier statement from his interior minister.
After days of unrest following the election of Ali Ben Bongo as Gabon's president, reports from an AFP correspondent indicate hundreds are using canoes to escape the country's second city, Port Gentil.
Gabon's president-elect Ali Bongo has appealed for calm as fresh violence erupted in the country's second city, Port-Gentil. The military has been dispatched to tear gas looters. Two people were left dead.
Gabon's president-elect Ali Bongo has appealed for calm as violence continues in the country's second city, Port Gentil. French oil giant Total earlier pulled its foreign staff out of the riot-hit city after one of its buildings was torched.
French oil group Total has pulled its expatriate staff and their families out of Gabon's second city, oil hub Port Gentil, after rioters and looters targeted the company's buildings. At least two people have been killed in post-election violence.
