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Bongo seeks to prolong 50-year family rule in Gabon vote

LIBREVILLE, Aug 27 (Reuters) Voters in Gabon turned out for an election today that could mark the greatest challenge yet to President Ali Bongo, whose family has controlled the oil-producing central African nation for nearly half a century.
Bongo, 57, took over in 2009 when his father Omar died after 42 years in power, and he won a poll in the same year. With state machinery and entrenched patronage networks behind him, both lubricated by oil largesse, he is likely to win again this time.
Polls close at 6 p.m. (2230 IST) but results aren't expected until Monday or Tuesday. Land and sea borders were shut at midnight on Friday and will remain so until midnight on Saturday.
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