Gabon’s military leader, General Brice Nguema – who in 2023 led a coup that ended a near-60-year Ali Bongo family dynasty – has won Saturday’s presidential election with more than 90% of the vote, provisional results show.

His election victory which brings him a seven-year mandate consolidates his grip on power, nearly two years after he masterminded the demise of President Ali Bongo.

Interior Minister Hermann Immongault announced Nguema elected [president] by absolute majority of votes cast, with 575,222 votes, while his main challenger, Bilie-by-Nze, received just over 3% of the votes.

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