Gabon’s Nguema wins first post-coup election

9 months ago

In a landslide victory, Gabon's interim President and coup leader Brice Oligui Nguema won Saturday’s presidential vote – the first since the country’s 2023 military coup – according to provisional results. Nguema emerged victorious in the first round, securing 90.35 per cent of the vote, Interior Minister Hermann Immongault told a Sunday news conference. Burundian President Evariste Ndayishimiye congratulated Nguema on X,