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Transitional leader Nguema wins election

Gabon's transitional leader Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema has been elected president following Saturday's vote, the Interior Ministry announced on Sunday. Nguema secured 90.35 percent of the total votes cast in the election, Interior Minister Hermann Immongault said. Nguema has served as Gabon's transitional president since leading the 2023 coup that ousted former president Ali Bongo Ondimba. His main challenger, Alain-Claude Bilie By Nze, came in second with about 3.02 percent of the vote, according to the minister.