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- 1 2 3 4 Franck Salin, "Pierre Claver Maganga Moussavou: "I am afraid for Gabon"", Afrik.com, 17 August 2009.
- ↑ "Election présidentielle au Gabon: Liste des candidats et leurs profils", Cameroun Link (in French)
- ↑ "Décision N°138/CC du 10 avril 2007", Constitutional Court of Gabon (in French)
- ↑ "Politique: le président du PSD boycotte l'élection et qualifie le nouveau maire « d’inexpérimenté »", Gabonews, 28 July 2008 (in French).
- ↑ ""Gabon : incidents après la victoire d'Ali Bongo", Le Monde , 3 September 2009 (in French).
- ↑ "Ngounié-politique : Le leader du PSD réaffirme son encrage dans la majorité présidentielle", AGP, 9 February 2010 (in French).
- ↑ Mathieu Olivier, "Gabon : participants, durée, objectifs… Ce qu’il faut savoir sur le dialogue politique", Jeune Afrique, 29 March 2017 (in French).
- ↑ "Dialogue politique au Gabon : la revanche de Pierre-Claver Maganga Moussavou", Jeune Afrique, 1 June 2017 (in French).
- ↑ Mathieu Olivier, "Gabon : le nouveau gouvernement a été nommé, Pierre Claver Maganga Moussavou vice-président", Jeune Afrique, 22 August 2017 (in French).
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