High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini and Commissioner for International Cooperation Neven Mimica issued a joint statement in French on Saturday 24 September, highlighting the need for a reform of the electoral system ahead of the forthcoming elections, so as to give the system greater credibility.
The outgoing president, Ali Bongo Ondimna, who has been in power since 2009, was officially re-elected after the Gabonese Constitutional Court rejected the appeal...