I don't doubt for a second that there are questionable forces at work, but it was pretty widely reported that there were significant irregularities in that elec

I don't doubt for a second that there are questionable forces at work, but it was pretty widely reported that there were significant irregularities in that election. The EU observers were quite indeed quite blunt about it. See https://www.reuters.com/article/us-gabon-election-election-idUSKCN11C112 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-gabon-election-election-i... for example.