Gabon presidential election ‘lacked transparency’
10 years agoVoters queue outside the polling station as the voting operation is delayed, during the presidential election on August 27, 2016 at a school in central Libreville. The people of Gabon began casting their ballots on August 27, 2016 in a vote to decide whether President Ali Bongo will remain in office or be unseated by a career diplomat and close associate of his late father, who ran the country for 41 years. The election takes place in a climate of persistent social unrest driven in large part by the economic impact of the slump in the price of oil, which has long dominated Gabon's economy. / AFP PHOTO / MARCO LONGARI
Gabon's presidential election "lacked transparency", the head of the 73-strong EU electoral monitoring team in the country said on Monday, a day before the official results were due out.