Gabon: Election of Ali-Ben Bongo Ondimba (pub. Sept. 29, 2009)
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A coalition of opposition candidates in the Aug. 30 presidential election in Gabon had asked citizens to observe a national strike on Sept. 14-16, but workers failed to heed the call. The opposition group had wanted to denounce what they described as an "electoral coup" by the ruling Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG), whose candidate Ali-Ben Bongo Ondimba had been declared the winner in the presidential election.
