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Gabon
Oligui Nguema prepares party shake-up to tighten political control

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The president is about to enter a period of high political risk. With the ruling UDB undergoing a power shuffle and dissent mounting within the recovering PDG, he is attempting to tighten his grip on his two main political bases.

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