The head of state, who has been in power since 2009, was campaigning intensely ahead of Saturday’s three simultaneous elections.
With his sights firmly set on re-election for him and his party, the ruling Gabonese Democratic Party , this month, he announced a, free textbooks at the start of the new school year, the installation of 4,000 streetlights in the capital Libreville and the opening
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