Gabon votes yes on new constitution a year after the military seized power

An election official burns ballots after the counting has finished at a voting station in Libreville on November 16, 2024. Gabon on Saturday held a referendum on a new constitution after a coup ended 55 years of rule by the Bongo dynasty in the oil-rich nation.

Voters in Gabon overwhelmingly approved a new constitution, authorities said Sunday, more than one year after mutinous soldiers overthrew the country's longtime president and seized power in the oil-rich Central African nation.