Gabon junta chief wins presidency: provisional results

Gabon Transitional President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema gestures while at the podium at the Stade de l'Amitie in Libreville on March 29, 2025 during the opening rally of his electoral campaign. [AFP]

Gabon's junta chief Brice Oligui Nguema has won the presidential election with 90.35 percent of the vote, according to provisional results released Sunday by the interior ministry.

Oligui, who ended more than five decades of corruption-plagued rule by the Bongo family in August 2023, assuming the role of transitional president, had promised to return the country to democratic rule.