Gabon’s junta chief wins presidency by landslide, provisional results show

Junta chief Brice Oligui Nguema won Gabon’s presidential election with over 90 percent of the vote, according to provisional results released Sunday. Turnout was 70.4 percent, and no other candidate received more than 3 percent, in polls marking the first vote since a 2023 coup overthrew the Bongo dynasty.