(14 Apr 2025)
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Libreville, Gabon – 13-14 April 2025
++NIGHT SHOTS++
1. Various of people celebrating after Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema was declared winner of Gabon’s presidential election
2. SOUNDBITE (French) Alexandre Ekomi Ndong, voter:
“I chose Mr. Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema because he came and showed us his platform and (will bring us) change.”
3. Poster showing Gen. Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema
4. Various of Nguema supporters celebrating
5. SOUNDBITE (French) Chrislain Ntoutoume Ndong, voter:
“What I want, and what all the youth wants, is that Oligui will give us opportunities so that we can work in this society.”
6. Nguema supporters marching in the streets
7. Nguema supporters celebrating at a party organized after the results by campaign staff
8. SOUNDBITE (French) Casimira Oliveira, Oligui Nguema campaign staffer:
“It’s the first time we’ve had internet, we don’t have a curfew, we can talk freely, the ballot counting was transparent, really, we are happy! Normally we are closed in our houses and afraid (of violence).”
9. Various of people dancing at party organized after election results
STORYLINE:
Supporters of Gabon’s newly elected president Gen. Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema celebrated in the streets of Libreville through the night.
Nguema’s supporters marched and danced in the capital late Sunday night, with many later attending a party organized by campaign staff until the early morning hours Monday.
Oligui Nguema, 50, recorded a landslide victory with 90.35% of votes cast, defeating seven other candidates, including immediate past Prime Minister Alain Claude Bilie-By-Nze. He came in a distant second with 3% of votes cast, Interior Minister Hermann Immongault said as he announced the provisional results.
The Interior Ministry announced a turnout of 87.21% in the election in which some 920,000 voters, including over 28,000 overseas, were registered to participate across more than 3,000 polling stations.
It’s Gabon’s first election since the 2023 military coup that ended a political dynasty that lasted over 50 years. It was seen as a crucial election for the central African nation’s 2.3 million people, a third of whom live in poverty despite its vast oil wealth.
Chrislain Ntoutoume Ndong, a young voter who came to celebrate Nguema’s win with friends, told The Associated Press “what I want, and what all the youth wants, is that Oligui will give us opportunities so that we can work.”
After gaining power in the coup, Nguema gained support from Gabonese on a platform of change. He promised to return power to civilians through free and fair elections, in contrast to what many saw as a dictatorship run under the Bongo family.
Casimira Oliveira, who campaigned for Oligui Nguema, said this election was noticeably different from others she had lived through.
“It’s the first time we’ve had internet, we don’t have a curfew, we can talk freely, the ballot counting was transparent, really, we are happy!” she said.
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