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Gabon: French media hit by ban, internet down, in disputed election

Supporters of Gabon President Ali Bongo Ondimba and the Gabonese Democratic Party are seen at the Nzeng-Ayong stadium in Libreville on July 10, 2023 [Steeve Jordan/AFP]

French media outlets RFI and France 24 have expressed “incomprehension” at the suspension of their operations in Gabon at the end of a fraught presidential election.

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

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