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Gabon’s Transitional Leader Urged to Run in 2025 Elections

  • Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema receives growing support for presidential candidacy
  • Nguema’s potential run follows last year’s coup ending over 50 years of Bongo family rule

Yaoundé, Cameroon – Calls are mounting for Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, Gabon’s transitional president and chairman of the Committee for the Transition and Restoration of Institutions, to stand as a candidate in next year’s elections, which aim to return the central African state to civilian rule.

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