Gabon election: Wage gap a key issue for voters
By Al Jazeera
27 August 2016 |
1:00 pm
People in Gabon go to polls to decide whether the incumbent President Ali Bongo will get another seven-year term or not. Anger about poverty in an oil-rich nation could sway the vote towards the opposition.
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