Africa News Current Event #1

The elections in Gabon, Central Africa are coming up and they will happen on the 17th of December. They are electing new members for the National Assembly who will lead the city. The Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG) will go against about 50 other parties, one of them being the Gabonese Presidential Majority (UMPG). The PDG is leading right now and is expected to do well at this years elections too.
This is important because of a few reasons. One of the reasons is that the winning party will lead Gabon and might improve its wealth even more, though it already is the wealthiest nations in the Sub-Saharan region. It is also important because then there would be a change in the government. Bongo who is from the PDG has been president since 1967. He is Africa's longest serving president. If they had a new president some faults Bongo had could be corrected and that would lead to a more stable economy.


Link to the news article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6182345.stm