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French media outlets RFI and France 24 have expressed "incomprehension" at the suspension of their operations in Gabon at the end of a fraught presidential election.

Several stakeholders have added their voices to that of the government to call for calm.

Egypt and Ethiopia gain heightened political influence, enabling them to establish strategic partnerships concerning critical global matters.

Gabon President Aims For Third Term

Mr. Ondo Ossa, behind whom the main opposition parties have lined up, had already denounced "fraud" by the Bongo camp on Saturday, two hours before the polls closed, and asked to be "declared the winner".

Gabon

Gabon President Aims For Third Term

Gabon blocked internet access during elections held Saturday that is likely to see President Ali Bongo extend the 56-year stranglehold his family has had on political power in the oil-producing

Internet access was suspended indefinitely Saturday evening, and a curfew was imposed until Sunday morning after polls closed in Gabon. The moves wer

Gabon cut internet access and announced a nightly curfew as voting drew to a close Saturday, and opposition leader Albert Ondo Ossa denounced "fraud" in his battle for the presidency against incumbent Ali Bongo Ondimba.And hours before the internet was cut, as Onda Ossa left a polling station after casting his vote, he went live on social media to denounce "the fraud orchestrated by Ali Bongo and his supporters".