Gabon swears in former-Junta chief Oligui as President

Akanda: Gabon started taking oath in Saturday’s presidential election Bryce oligui gugaimaWho led the coup for decades ending decades of Bongo Family Rule last month and extended the elections with about 95 percent of the votes.
The General and former Juten leader, who topped Ali Bongo in August 2023, takes the President’s reins after the Bongo family officially ended the 55 -year dynastic rule, after leading the 19 -month transition government.
The opening ceremony of some 20 African major states for the opening ceremony at a stadium north of the capital Libraville, while supporters excluded the 40,000-capacity site affecting the similarity of Oligui in T-shirts and flags.
The leaders include the leaders from Adama Bairo of Gambia, Basirau Dia IMAI Fay of Senegal, Ismail Omar Gueleh of Jibuti and Economical Guinea from Todoro Obiang Gugma Mabasogo.
President Felix Teskedi, President of Democratic Republic of Congo, similarly made its entrance around noon. Tickets were free to participate in investment at Angondje Stadium, designed to honor the friendship between Gabon and China.
This is the first time the country holds a swearing -in ceremony in front of such a big audience.

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AFP journalists noticed that the roads of the capital Libraville were filled with traffic since morning.
According to the state media at the program for the ceremony, there was a series of artistic performance and a military parade, followed by a “Vijay Concert” on the Libraville Waterfront in the evening.
In the lead-up, hundreds of workers have been carried out in a laborious cleaning and repetition areas around the main roads leading to the stadium. Officers and official media have called upon people to be public-intelligence in view of the arrival of foreign guests.
“All the citizens of Greater Libravelile are asked to warmly welcome these specific guests,” the Internal Ministry said in a statement.
It asked the residents near the stadium to “participate in cleaning and beautify”. The 50-year-old Oligui is facing serious challenges in leading the oil-rich country, which needs to rebuild a significant infrastructure and diversify its economy, but is a heavy indetermination.
The main concerns are an aging power network that suffers from frequent power cuts, young unemployment, which rotates on 40 percent, poor or decreased roads and public loans with a balloon, it is estimated to be 80 percent hits of gross domestic product this year.
During the infection, Oligui depicted himself as a “builder”, launched several construction projects, while vry to “crack” on corruption to bring back the country back on track.