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EU monitors say Gabon's court failed to rectify 'anomalies' in presidential poll

By AFP
Mali A man shows a ballot paper during counting in a polling station at the Montagne sainte neighborhood in Libreville on August 27, 2016.  By Steve Jordan AFP
SEP 25, 2016 LISTEN
A man shows a ballot paper during counting in a polling station at the Montagne sainte neighborhood in Libreville on August 27, 2016. By Steve Jordan (AFP)

Libreville (AFP) - EU monitors said Sunday that Gabon's top court had failed to rectify vote-counting "anomalies" in fiercely-disputed elections in which President Ali Obama was declared the winner.

In a statement, the European Union's electoral observer mission said it "regretted" that Gabon's Constitutional Court, which on Saturday ruled on opposition demands for a recount, "had been unable to satisfactorily rectify anomalies observed during the count".

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