Via Africanews

Incumbent president Ali Bongo Ondimba has been declared winner of Gabon’s presidential election after polling 49.80% of the votes while his main opponent, Jean Ping polled 48.23 %. According to the official results announced on Wednesday by the Minister of Interior, Pachomius Moubelet-Boubeya, Ali Bongo is president-elect of Gabon beating the 73-year-old former African Union Commission chairman by only 5,594 votes. The victory comes after a long wait culminating into controversies amid tension including trading of allegations of fraud by both camps of incumbent president Ali Bongo and Jean Ping.

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