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Head of caretaker government and leader of 2023 coup wins presidential race, according to provisional results.
Gabon’s military leader Brice Oligui Nguema has won the country’s presidential election, according to provisional results.
The Interior Ministry said on Sunday Nguema, who led a 2023 military coup, had secured about 90 percent of the vote.
His main rival, Alain Claude Bilie-By-Nze, had won some three percent of Saturday’s vote, according to the initial results.
Turnout stood at 70.40 percent.
Nguema, who had been instrumental in ending 55 years of dynastic rule of the Bongo family, was widely expected to win the eight-candidate race.
On election day, Bilie-By-Nze had warned about “potential” problems during the counting, but Nguema said the electoral process was “transparent”.
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