Gabon Military leader Price Oligoy Ngwima wins the presidential elections Election news

Gabon military leader Pray Oligui Noguea He won the country’s presidential elections through a clear landslide, according to temporary results.

The Ministry of Interior said on Sunday that Nujima, which led a military coup 2023, had about 90 percent of the votes.

His main rival, Alain Claude Bilie -By-Nze, won by about three percent of Saturday’s vote, according to the preliminary results.

It was widely expected that Nouima, who had an effective role in ending 55 years of family rule in the Bongo family, was widely expected in the nominated eight race.

On Election Day, Billy Nazi warned of “possible” problems while counting, but Nujima said that the electoral process was “transparent.”

No surprise in the result

Ali Hashem of Libeville said that the election result was not a surprise, and the focus has already turned into the challenges of the president looming on the horizon.

Hashem said: “Nujima inherits a country that spent five decades under Bongo’s rule.”

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This political structure remained in power in a few hands, while the majority of citizens saw only a few widespread wealth in the country.

Gabon, home to about 2.2 million people, sit on the Atlantic Coast in West Africa. It carries large reserves of oil, gold and manganese and are part of the Congo basin – a vital ecosystem in the rainforest.

However, despite its natural resources, nearly 40 percent of young people are still unemployed, according to World Bank data 2024.

Hashem said: “People here focus on immediate needs: restoring electricity, processing food lack, creating jobs, and most importantly – guaranteeing the vast natural wealth in the country, including oil, gold and manganese, ordinary citizens.”

Fix or just rename?

Nujima, who was previously the head of the Republican Guard during the era of former President Ali Bongo, made a campaign as a reformer.

He was wearing a Bastoul hat, immersed with his slogan “We build together”, promised to clean corruption, diversify the heavy economy, and invest in agriculture, tourism and industry.

About a third of the Gabon population still lives below the poverty line.

The election participation rate in the elections was 70.4 percent, which is much higher than 56.65 percent recorded in the disputed August 2023 vote, which witnessed that Bongo announced the winner of a third term.

The opposition rejected the result, and a military coup followed hours later.

Although NGUEMA now has a seven-year-old term-renewable once-many are still skeptical of real change.

Hashem said: “The political institution in Gabon is still deeply intertwined with the Pongo era,” Hashem said. “The general gave himself the Republican goalkeeper during the era of Ali Bongo, while his main rival in the elections was a prime minister under the same system. Therefore, people ask: Is this a real break from the old regime, or just a rename?”

Meanwhile, international observers and investors are monitoring. Gabon, with $ 3 billion in international debt, is under pressure to prove that he could manage the page and build democratic legitimacy.

According to the World Bank, the economy expanded by 2.9 percent in 2024, an increase of 2.4 percent in the previous year – due to infrastructure development and high oil, wood and manganese production.