At least two pro-opposition media houses have been attacked and set on fire in the central African country of Gabon where President Ali Bongo, the son of the late former President Omar Bongo, a family in power for almost 50 years, refuses to go after observers said he lost last week elections.
The Internet has been disconnected throughout the country and other independent media houses have been bullied into submission.
At least seven people have died and more than a thousand pro-opposition supporters have been rounded up and thrown into overcrowded jails. Hundreds of people remain missing with no way to know where their loved ones are.
Gabonese say last week election was massively rigged in favour of President Bongo. They said Jean Ping won the election and must be sworn into office.
Shortly after the results were announced, protesters took to the street of the 1.5 million people nation and set the National Assembly on fire. President Bongo reacted harshly, ordering deployment of security forces and banning street protests in the capital Libreville.
In a special report by French television TV5, a man takes the crew to his TV station and says. “my entire life has crumbled in just one day” after unidentified persons stormed the premises and ransacked everything. Another man at another TVC station says his station was attacked by unidentified persons although he is located just metres away from the Presidential palace.
[embedded content]Bongo’s family is believed to be very corrupt as highlighted by this report by ABC News.
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