Gabon: EU Monitor Flags 'Clear Anomaly' in Vote Results

6 September 2016

A European Union mission, which observed Gabon's presidential poll, has raised questions over a disputed election result from a southeastern province, where President Ali Bongo won 95.46 percent of votes cast.

"An analysis of the number of non-voters as well as blank and disqualified votes reveals a clear anomaly in the final results in Haut-Ogooue," Mariya Gabriel, the head of the EU observing mission in Gabon, said in a statement on Tuesday.

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