Gabon’s great gamble


Shaking the system: Ping greeting supporters outside his campaign headquarters in Libreville, Gabon. — Reuters

A presidential election in Central Africa pits the son of a Chinese migrant against the ruling Bongo family.

IN faraway Gabon, the election results are out. The incumbent president Ali Bongo Ondimba appears to have narrowly defeated his challenger Jean Ping.

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