What Lets Gabon's Government Go Unchecked

Worrying signs are beginning to emerge from Gabon as the country moves closer to its presidential election in August. Like many of its peers, the Central African oil producer has been hit hard by the slump in global energy prices, and the resulting strain on the Gabonese budget is starting to take a political toll. With less money to secure support and more rivals to contend with, the Gabonese Democratic Party may have trouble protecting its rule and the system that has kept it in power for over half a century....