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Article: Bongostroika reversed: Gabon. (Omar Bongo accused of rigging elections)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- December 18, 1993
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BACK in 1990, the then one-party regime of Omar Bongo was one of the first in Africa to organize a multi-party parliamentary election. "Bongostroika", educated Gabonese liked to call it. But the announcement this week of Mr Bongo's re-election as president, after 26 years in power, has changed many Gabonese minds. Rioters came out on the streets of the capital, Libreville, and included foreigners, both African and European, among their targets. Workers threatened to strike. President Bongo at once imposed a curfew. And the opposition said it had formed a parallel government.
Mr Bongo was re-elected with, according to the official returns, 51% of the vote. That ...
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