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Africans cast their votes, but the West determines who leads us

Deposed Gabon President Ali Bongo Ondimba. [AP photo]

Deposed Gabon President Ali Bongo Ondimba invited the world to make noise, having been toppled by his own army from power.

The shaken man, who has been in power for 14 years, for once found himself in unfamiliar space. Worse, he was separated from his family.

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