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Gabon swears in ex-junta chief Oligui as president

Gabon swears in ex-junta chief Oligui as president. [Courtesy]

Gabon began swearing-in on Saturday President-elect Brice Oligui Nguema, who led a coup ending decades of Bongo family rule and swept polls last month with nearly 95 percent of the vote.

The general and former junta leader, who toppled Ali Bongo in August 2023 ending 55 years of dynastic rule by the Bongo family, officially takes the presidential reins after leading a 19-month transition government.

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