Postelection violence in Gabon has killed between 50 and 100 people, the opposition presidential candidate said Tuesday, a toll much higher than the government’s count of three in days of violent demonstrations against the president’s re-election. Clashes quickly broke out in this oil-rich Central African country after the results were announced last week. On Tuesday, Ping told France 24 the death toll was far higher than the three that Interior Minister Pacome Moubelet Boubeya mentioned Monday. The opposition’s estimate of 50 to 100 killed in the protests is based on reports from residents around the country, Ping’s spokesman, Jean Gaspard Ntoutoume Ayi, told The Associated Press. Fifty to 100 dead is unacceptable.”Bongo’s re-election would extend a family dynasty in power since the 1960s.

Source: Hindustan Times September 06, 2016 14:26 UTC