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Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urges the Gabonese authorities to reverse their anachronistic decision to exclude journalists from the process of naming the members of the High Authority for Communication (HAC), the country’s media regulator. This is a dangerous step backwards in the run-up to next month’s presidential election, RSF says.

In Gabon, outgoing President Ali Bongo Ondimba will face eighteen candidates in the presidential election scheduled for August 26. The leader who has been in

Gabonese Center for Elections published list of 19 candidates for August 26 presidential election. Outgoing president, Ali Bongo Ondimba, is the favorite against an opposition without a common personality. Opposition denounces in chorus recent changes to the electoral code. The official election campaign will take place from 11 to 25 August at midnight, but most of the candidates have been leading it for a year throughout the country.. If elected on August 26 for a third term,Ali Bongo could rea...

President Bongo is standing for third term after ruling a country with no presidential term limits for almost 14 years.

The Gabonese Election Centre (CGE) on Monday published a list of 19 candidates for the presidential elections scheduled for August 26. Current President Ali Bongo Ondimba remains the favourite to win.

Gabon's leader Ali Bongo Ondimba, who is favourite for a third term, will face 18 other candidates in the 26 August presidential poll, electoral authorities announced Monday.

At the ECCAS summit on 1 July, current chairman Ali Bongo raised the delicate question of member states subscription arrears.

A report titled “105 Promises, 13 Achievements – The Results of Ali Bongo Ondimba's Second Seven-Year Term” paints a less than rosy picture of the outgoing

This includes the establishment of Sh85bn e-mobility manufacturing plant in Kenya.

He said the Pan-African movement has always been about sovereignty.