The commanding win of junta leader Brice Oligui Nguema in Gabon’s presidential election over the weekend gives him a seven-year mandate to turn the page on more than half a century of father-and-son rule by the Bongo family.
The 50-year-old – who ousted President Ali Bongo in a 2023 coup, then ran for office – will now have to deliver on pledges to diversify an oil-reliant economy and end corruption.
