Gabon junta leader wins presidential election by landslide

Gabon’s military leader, Brice Nguema, who led the 2023 coup that ended Ali Bongo’s rule, has been declared the winner of the presidential election.

Mr Nguema, who has led the country since the coup in 2023, won the election on Saturday with more than 90 per cent of the vote.

The 50-year-old military leader had contested the election alongside seven other candidates. This includes the former Prime Minister, Alain Bilie-by-Nze, who served under the Bongo regime, and two stalwarts…