A man walks past a sign showing Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, presidential candidate and Gabonese junta leader, ahead of the 2025 Gabonese presidential election in Libreville, Gabon April 7, 2025. REUTERS/Luc Gnago
LIBREVILLE (Reuters) - Gabon holds a presidential election on Saturday, the first since a 2023 coup ended the Bongo family's 56-year dynasty and which the country's new military rulers hope will legitimise and cement their hold on power.
Officers led by Brice Oligui Nguema took power in August 2023, the last in a three-year wave of coups that swept West and Central Africa and eroded decades of democratic gains in the region.
