Security forces in Gabon, have arrested more than 1,000 people during a second day of violent protests following disputed presidential elections. Reports say three people have been killed in the capital, Libreville. Opposition supporters took to the streets after it was announced that President
Ali Bongo had been narrowly re-elected in Wednesday’s vote. Opposition leader Jean Ping, who is in hiding, told that his party headquarters had been bombed.
The UN, US and former colonial power France have called for restraint and greater transparency about the results.