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Gabon cuts access to internet, broadcasts as citizens wait for election results

Gabon President Ali Bongo Ondimba delivers a speech at the Nzang Ayong stadium in Libreville on 10 July 2023, a day after he announced that he would seek a third term as the oil-rich African nation's head of state. AFP - STEEVE JORDAN

Gabon has come under fire for cutting internet access and restricting media broadcasts during the weekend's elections. As vote counting continues, opposition leader Albert Ondo Ossa denounced "fraud" in his battle for the presidency against incumbent Ali Bongo Ondimba.

The government cut off the internet on Saturday evening and put a curfew in place citing the risk of violence as voting drew to a close in the race between incumbent Ali Bongo Ondimba and his main opponent, Albert Ondo Ossa.

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